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FORMERLY |i K I |i RAILWAY 



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NEXT TIME YOU GO WEST 

TAKE 

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NEW TRAIN. 

It leaves New York fruiii Chambers Street Depot at 6 !'• ^I- ; and fVoiii 28d Street Depot 
at 5.45 P. M., every day in tlie week, and is called 

FAST ST. LOUIS EXPRESS, 

Betanse it carries you to Cleveland, Toronto, Detroit. Toledo, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and 
points beyond, as quickly as any other train in the United States; and from 

NEW YORK TO BUFFALO IN 13 HOURS. 

This train is e((uipped with the famous Westinghuuse Air Brakes, under the instanta- 
neous control of the enuineer ; the ^liller Platforms, Couplers and Buffers between the 
cars, and the finest JPuJlmau Sleeping Coaehes in the world, without exception. 

No other Railway between New York and the We.st has these combined appliances, 
securing speed, Safety and Comfort in traveling thus offered via Erie liailwiiy. 



JIVO. Iff. ABBOTT^ 

iifneritl l'tis.ietif/er At/f-nf, 

NEW YORK. 



A NOBLE RIDE OVER A NOBLE ROAD." Henry Ward Beecher. 



SUMMER 
EXCURSION ROUTES. 








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Scenery I NMericX. 



HEAHIDE. FOREST. CAMF AND WATERING PLACE. 



PHILADELPHIA: 

SUNSHINE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 

306 and 308 Chestnut Street. 







INDEX TO EXCURSIONS. 



Alexautlria Bay 30, 34, 3t> 

All Salile Chasm H2 

Albany H^J 

HdStOll ~(i 

('luiHt:iiiijiia Lake 28, -"J, 30 

Clayton and Thousand Island I'ark (Alexandria 

Bay Excursions! 34 

Cleveland 16 

Clifton Springs "28 

Cooperstown 18 

Crawford House (AVhite Mountains Excursions) 52 

Duluth 84 

i:rie Switchback 14, Hi, 78 

Elmira 82 

Fabyan House ("White .Mountains Excursions |.....J2 

Geneva (Seneca Lake) 25, 82 

Gleu House (White Mountains Excursions) 52 

Ha Ha Bay 84 

Hammondsport (Niagara Falls Excursions Nos. 

16 and 17) 12 

Havana Glen 24 

Hoosac Tunnel (Saratoga Excursions) 22 

Ithaca 24, 25 

Jamestown (Chautauqua Lake Excursions) 2!t 

Keuka Lake (Niagara Falls Excursions Nos. 

16 and 17) 12 

Lake Chauiplaiu and Lake George 82 



Lake Side Resorts. 
Lake Couchidiing. 
Lake Superior Tom 
Lacka waxen 



Mayville iChautau.ina Lake Excuisions 2!l 

Marquette 84 

Manch Chunk 82 

Mauch Chunk Switchback 82 

Montreal 36, 40, 42, 46, 4?t, 72 

Mt. Washington (White Mountains Excui-sions) 60 
Mountain Kesorls !ili 

Niagara Falls .- 1(1. 11. 12 

Oil Kegious ol Pennsylvania iChautauijua Lake 

Excursions! 30 

Ottawa iMoutrcal Kxcinsions Nos. 74 and 75) 42 



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irsionsi (iO 

.48, 49, 7(i. S4 



Kichtield Springs is 

Kcsorts for Sportsmen !il 

Saratoga 22, 72 

Sault Ste. Marie 84 

Seneca Lake (Geneva and Watkins" Exciirsion.s) 82 

Sharon Springs ?. 22 

Switchback— Erie 14. 16,78 



Taughannock Falls 
Trenton Falls 



Watkins' Glen 

White Mountains..., 



.52, 54, 58, 00, 64, 66 



GRAND TOUR OF THE KHIE. 




I ikc MinnMi.i-kl .111.1 M 



SIDE from 
the wealth 
of tlie country pro- 
to the seeker 
fter summer pie 
ro in iioiir-b\' 
plac's. tlu. Erie 

lUte tiir 

nrist. The uumher of its 

iat€ attractions that are 

' famous is very large, and in the 

lonvenient connections it makes 

with other routes for contiguous 

t.s the Erie is not approached 

c. The whole route of the 

mtinuous panoi'ania of the grandest 

d the simple tour of the Eric alone 

of constant pleasure to the traveler 

iul\ loves the liiautH'iil in nature. There 



ISO Ulilrs .,r X,« Vnvk. or a.< i;,l- Wc.t 
Ihu,.-ork. ,.„ tl„. IM;,W;nv |)ivi>in,l. 



4 GKAXJ) TOUK OF THE ERIK. 

arc fi'W f^tiitidiis oii the line that have not siiiiic A'allev to Carhuiiilalf. ill tho northern anthracite 
renowned attraction to tlic tourist. coal fields of Pennsylvania, distant 38 miles. 

'i'iie railroad follows the Susquehanna Valley for 
4<l miles, crossing the river lialf a mile beyond 
Siist(iielianna Depot, lie-entering New York near 
Kiikwood. Bro(me County, it extends the re- 
maindci- of tiic roiitt'. through the valleys and 
From Hancuek (he roail follows the Delaware over tin- hill ami streams of that State alone. 
to |)e|i(),^it. witli the .<anie wiM xenei-v alHMindiiii; At /ii,ii/l(,n,i/i,ii the Erie Railway connects 

111 liuth siile> of till' livi r. .\ short ili^tamc he- with the Alhaiiy and Su.squehanna llailway, for 
voiiil l)e|iosit it passes awaytVoiii ili.' Ili'laware SaiatoKi Springs, Albany, Troy, Sharon Springs, 
N'allev. and eliiiil- the ea,-t.rii -i.le of the Kaii ( 'ooiier.stowii. Howe's Cave, and Skeneatles Lake. 
lolpli Hill which .livi.le the Delawaie fioii. the and til.' .■avenioiis woudcrs of CoblcskiU and that 
Sii,s,iii,.haiiiia, If is ei^^ht. mile.- to til.' .Miiiiniit. |,ait of Schoharie County; and with the Dela- 
ulure the load i> nearly 1.400 feet above ti.le. uare. Lackawanna and Western for the Pninsyl- 
ind as the train tliniiders down the western .slop,', vania coal re,-ion.s, Itica. Kichticld's Sining.s. and 
the tourist can M-anelv bring him.sclf to h.'liev,- ( )we-o. 

hat a half-h.unap. heuasskirtiii-theromanlie y f ^,,,.,^„ j;„.^.^, County, the Krie Kailway 

Delaware lli;:l, Ian. Is. and that iiou the i,i,t„ivs,|ii,. ,.,„„„.,.,s with a Inanch of the JMawarc anil 
...rtals ,.f th.- Siis,|u,'lianiia \'all.'V air ..p.^niii- Lackawaniui .Hallway for Ithaca and C<u/ng'i 

L'lh' . The regiim about Itiiaea is famous for its 



lias M-att.'iv.l 



tr.asiir.'s with a |iiiii.li::al ban. I. I Ins i.- .-.itaracts, there being at least one hundred, rang- 

rni.-.a. Sii-(,u.'liaiiiia ('..niily. I'a. li.-loi.. th.^ ;,,„. ,•.,„„ oo t.. 150 feet high, within an area .if 

n ivaeli.-s the f.M.t ..f th.' lll.miltaui. til,' i;nal ., ,;,„. ,,,11^,^ ,,(■ ,|„. ^ j^^,,. ^,,„|,, „(• tlj^,,,, ),yi„„. ^.,,,.y 

,■]. of th.- r.iad permits a gcn.'ral ,i;liiii|..M. .,f ,„..„. '|-|,i^ j^ ,„„. ,,f ,i„. „i,,.st attra.-tivc .sjiots in 

rru.-.-a. 'I'he A-iaduct— .me of th.. ,uraii.l..st „„„l„.,„ .\,.„. Y.,rk. Oweg.. was foriiu'rly th.' 

iii.vring fMts in this cuuntry— its ..ight.ri, .vsi.lcii.r .,f X. 1'. Willis, an.l •■t;i.-ii .Mary.' a- 

It ar.lu.s su|.i...rted by tall and uia.rful ].illai- |,i, j,,,,,,,. ^as called by him. is still iiointed ,mt 

.^larni.-.a .-iv.-k ; the gl.,ri.,i,s .■ln•^e ..I tl,,- ,,i,,, „„ littl,. l.,eal ,a-idc. 



»,i til., l.'fl han.l. Elk Hill an.l .M.mnt Ar 
....m lip in b..l.l 



na, Kivcr sw.'cps away to th,- sonthwari 
Ch.miuii- Valh-v is'e,iter.Ml. At W . 



'''■ '''■'■•iviti.-s li-.. b.-v I th.- Mi.-.p.eha.iiia. ,.,„„„.,.,i,,„ j^ ,„^„|,, ,,i,|, ,|„. |_,.i,i,_,.|, Vall,-v K 

,- after li.l-.;.-. Starru.-ea A'ia.lii.t .-arrii-s th.' 



way ..v.-r th.- ^all.■,^ ..f that iiaim- at a 
110 f.-.-t. It is l.L'llll f,.,.t I, ,11-. an.l. 

■harming settini; ..f th.- laii.bra].e about 
th.- siibi.-.t ,.f,.ii.- ..f th.- ii.oM fanmiis 



li.r I'lula.l.-lphia an.l the Soiith. Th.- Ch,- 
; i:i\,T H.,wss,mth fr.m, Wav.-rlv. an.l unite 



Ph.- pla.-.- of 
• tlu- In.liaii- 



iiia.ssa.r.-, ami it u as also the spot selected by 
(J.-ii.ial Wa>hiimtoii as tin- meeting place of the 
aiini.-s of (i.-m-ials Crnit..ii and Snliivaii. on th.-ir 
wav t.. .liaMiM- th,- Indians aft,-r th,- Wy.miiiig' 
and .Minisink ma.ssa.-r.-s. Th.- - .-astl,- ■' .,f th.- 



I.y (' 

Viadm-t is lia.l fioni b.-neath. wh.-r,- th,- fnll 
m,-iisit\ ,.f if- pr..p..ifini,- ai.- pi.Miif.-,l t.i 
visit,>iwiflisfrikiii;.:,-tl,.l. ■flu- railn.a.l riinn 
in iiml.-r th.- \ ia.iii.f aid up th,- Sii.-.pi.-hai 
Vall.-y isth,Xiii.-v,-h I'.iaiMli of (lie Albany . 

Su.s,pi,-liaiina Itaihvay. I,^,,;,,,, ,^,,,,,.,, Caibariii,- Montoiir. was at Tioga 

Sns,iii,l,„„,„i l).i,„l. a mil.- bey..ii.l tlu- \ ia- l'..liit. Xear Wav.-rlv .iiv lb.- ruins or r,-mairis 

.Im-t. i- th.- W.st.-rn l.-rniiiius of tlu- D,-la«ar,- .,f what is bclicv.rd to be an an,-icns militjiry 

Di\isi.,ii. an.l tlu- ,-a.-(.-iii .-xtri-mity ..f tlu- Sir- .•nihankm.-nt. It is known to have been there 

.|iieliaiina Divisi fill,- Eri,-. 'flu- .).-tt,-rson lu-arly L'OO years, and it was a ruin when first 

Hran.h runs Ir this i.la.-,- up tlu- Starriu-.a .|i.M-,,'v,-,v,l. 'it is ,-all,-,l the Spanish Hill, aiul 



till' ( '.Jiiiliocinii ;iimI Tiopi Hivcrsjiiiiiini; tlicri- ami 
loniilip.Mlir ('l,.iMUii-. Tho Hochcst.T Division 
Cullow. il„. CniMhn.-tu,, Vallrv tln-nw^l, St.-nlicii 




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GRAND TOUR OF THE KRIE. 



I,ivonia. Tliis is the stati,,n fn.ni 
lorh, <'oms„s, JI,»,eo,/,: ('„,n„/ir 

cliariiiinfi lakes of tlii.s region are rea 
su.s and Hemlock are within five' 

Stat 



whi.h H,rm 
and other 
;hed. Cone- I 
miles of the 
md are two of the best fishing-grtJunds [ 
in the state, ("onesus Lake is nine miles long, 
:',ll(l tilt <l(e|i, and of remarkable transparency. 
The inusealoime caught in these lakes are noted 
fur their great size and fine flavor. The scenery 
around them is of the wildest kind. 

Avon Sjniiiffs, Livingston County, New York, 
on the Rochester Division, is a place famous for 
its sulphur Springs, which are unexcelled in val- ] 
uable medicinal (|ualities by any waters in the 
country, rheumatics being especially benefited by 
them. Here is the heart of the Genesee Valley. 
On the banks of the Genessee, opposite Avon, 
is the site of the ancient Indian village, Cana- 
wagus. This was a favorite stopping-place of 
Red Jacket, who was a habitual partaker of the 
waters of the springs. From Avon connection j 
may be made with the Buffalo Division at Attica, j 
and the lower Genesee Yalley at Mount Morris 
and Danville — sections of the greatest interest to 
tourist. On the branch extending to Attica, 
near the antique village of Caledonia, are the 
State Hatching Houses for the propagation of 
fish, for the purpose of stocking depleted waters 
in any part of the State. The spring that fur- 
nishes the water for this purpose is a great 
curiosity, covering as it does several acres with 
its cold and crystal water. The temperature of 
this water never changes. Caledonia is seven 
miles from Avon. 

RochfMer, the end of this Division, is a city 
of mills, of nur.series, and celebrated natural 
attractions. The falls of the Genesee thunder in 
the heart of the city. These great falls are among 
the wonders of the continent. At Rochester 
the bulk of the immense wheat yield of the Gen- 
esee Valley is manufactured. Lake Ontario is 
but four or five miles distant. Days may be 
spent in and about Rochester without exhau.sting 
the attractions of the locality. 

Returning to Corning, on tiic main line, the 
Canisteo Valley is followed for forty milis, through 
a section of country of noted trout streams. At 
Hornellsi-ille the Susquehanna Division of the 
Erie terminates, and the Westein and Hufi'alo 
Division begins. The BUFFALO DIVISIO.N 
runs to the northwe.st, through one of the finest 



sections of the State. At Porfaffe, on this Divi- 
sion, the tourist will find himself in the midst of 
scenes whose grandeur deserves more than a 
passing notice. The broad vale of the Genesee 
river changes to a narrow and precipitous gorge, 
whose walls of solid rock tower in places four 
hundred feet above the stream, which roars anil 
struggles in foaming fury to escape from its 
prison, and reach once more the fertile plains. 

Here much of the savage grandeur of the 
.scenes just mentioned is spread out before the 
tourist — the rush and roar of the water, the hoary 
heights, the out-spreading valley in the distance. 

Six miles from Gainesville station, Wyoming 
County, on this Division is Silver Lal-e, a popu- 
lar and charming summer resort. 

At Attica the Avon Branch of the Rochester 
Division joins the Bufi'alo Division. 

Buffalo, at the head of Niagara River, and on 
the eastern extremity of Lake Erie, is a jioint at 
and around which the visitor will find many new 
and surprising attractions. 

From Buffalo the road pa.sses on toward that 
Mecca of nine-tenths of the excurtionists on this 
continent — Niagara Falls — twenty-five miles far- 
ther on. The visitor alights from the Erie Rail- 
way train in the very midst of the spray and 
thunder and terrific grandeur of this most stupen- 
dous fall of waters in the known world, " upon 
who.se forehead God has set His rainbow, and 
mantled the clouds at its feef.'' Both writer and 
painter have bewailed the paucity of language 
and the inadequacy of art, when they have been 
called to treat of Niagara. The pen of Ruskin, 
or the pencil of a Turner, might so depict its 
glories as to awaken warm emotions in any breast ; 
but they would, even in years of contemplation, 
evoke but a modicum of the overwhelming won- 
der that a moment face to face with the maniac 
waters will inspire. The description of Niagara 
and its surroundings is familiar to every school 
boy or girl. The ablest pens and pencils have 
set its features before the mind's eye; Iml it has 
been left for the Erie, by means of its remarkable 
thoroughfare, to bring the Falls themselves within 
easy reach of all who desire to witness their 
wonders. The tourist may now eat a five o'clock 
dinner in New York; take the Fast St. Louis 
Express on the Erie an hour later; enjoy a 
refreshing night's rest in a palace .sleeping-coach ; 
and eat his breakfast amid the roar of Niagara. 



roiiv. 



A LANDSCAPE. 



1 iracli'il n lu-it;lit 
Wind, lay iVnm linnv Uns i.. siat.-ly tiw 
Aslce]) in sunshine. I"n>ni its ciowii 1 saw 
The country iixle info the di.stiint sky. 
With happy lianiIot.»i drownM in apjiU- hlim 
Antl ivy-mul1le(l churehes still with yiavos. 
.\n<l restless (ire.s sululned and tanu^d liy dii 
And scatter'd towns, whence <anie at iiiter\ 
Upon the wind, a .sweet clear sound of bell: 
Through all, ii river, like a strenui of ha/.e. 
Drew its slow length until 'twas lost in wo( 
Still as a lichen'd stone 1 lay and watchVl 
The lights and sha.lows on the landscapes 
The moving chuul that .Micnch-.l 



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Al'KO.MINKNT JCNVrlrr 
a liaiulsome ]irivatc rr>i 
Struct. Duhlin. and lie was ki 
place an uriliniilcd cmlidcucc 



iiivesttncuts to whicli slic inijilit apply such 
luimcjs. Her nianageincut fully ju.stilicd his 
niiifiilriicc. ami ho niado no socrpt of the e(Uir.so 
hr IlmI aili.|itril or of the .satisfactory rcsult.s it 
iJiiiduccil. ill ISTIi he had arrived one morning 
in Skinner How. when a livery servant of very 
stylisit appearance, entered and en(|uired, " Had 
Caiitain Wilson Ix'cii tiiere ? " Mr. We.st replied 
■he had not the pleasure of knowing Captain 
Wilson : " and tiieii the servant .statwl, that " hi.s 
master. Captain Marmaduko Wilson, intended to 
purchase some plate, and ordered him to go to 
Mr. West'.s and await his arrival there. " He 
add,/,, •■ He is a very fine h.oking man, l,ut he 
has In.-i his riiihf arm m tin' Crimea. I liav (,. 

drliv,-,- .• ^..a.JC in Danir Slrci. \ nn will 

,:i.il\ knuu hi. II »ii.i, ]„■ ,n,i.rs; and plra-r (.. 
U'lihiiu tlial 1 .^hall hr hack in alioiil ten minutes. 

Iiiiif. h.' displayed moiislaclies, anil a frogged 
frock-coat; hut the right sleeve was empty from 
the elhow. and the cut]' was looped up to tin' 
l.iva>l. II.' iii.|uiiTd for the servant, and seemed 
a lillle di^sili-lied at Ihe lell, ,w s al.sence. He 
then pn.ceeded In ini;.nn Mr. West that lie was 



ahnut til li.\ his vcsideiu'c on a property whicli 
he held in the <ouMty nf .Monaghan. and that he 
wished to unite economy with raspectability in 
his diimcstic arrangements. Ho had heard that 
.Mr. West's stock of secoml-hand plat« wxs very 
amjile. and wished to purchase some on which 
the ere-stings could he obliterated and the Wilson 
irest substituted, producing at the Siuiie time a 
silver snuff-box. on which a cre.st wa.s engraved, 
with the initials of Mannaduke Wilson beneath 
it. The servant had returned, and accompanied 
his master through the wari'rooms, eondueted by 
the proprietor, who succeeded in displaying tea 
services, salvors, Ac., which met with Captain 
Wilson's approval, jirovided the jn-ices were lower. 
The dematids wre le.lneed considerably, as the 
customer urged that it was a dealing for "cash 
iliiwn." The charges amounted to one hundred 
and forty pounds, when the Captain said '-he 
would not go any further for the j)re.sent," and 
rei|iu'stcil Mr. We-f In have the plate packed in 
a haskit which the servant had brought, in order 
(hat Mrs. Wilson might sec the articles before the 
crests were altered. The silver wa.s directed to 
hi^ treated as he desired, and ho then turned to 
Mr. West and .said, '• You must be my amanu- 
ensis, and write the order to Mrs. Wilson for the 
cash. I shall send my man for the money, and 
when he bring-s it, you will leave him have the 
basket." Mr. West took the pen, and wrote, at 
the Captain's dictation — 
"De.\k Maria, 

" I havi' bought some second-hand plate, of which, 
1 think, yon will approve. Send me, by bearer, 
LIKI." 

He added — " Just put my initials, M. W. Is 
jt not very curious, Mr. West, that our initials 
are the same?" He then took the pen in his 
left hand, and made a rough kind of small seini- 
einle in the left-hand corner, which he designated 
liis jirivate mark. " Now," said he to the servant, 

ake all haste tn your iuistre.ss, get the money, 

and feleli it here. I shall wait until yon return, 
for you have not far to go." The servant de- 
parted, and the Captain remained for about twenty 
minutes, and .seemed very impatient at the fellow's 
delay. lie e.Kpre.s.sed an opinion that perhaps 
Ins wile had gone out, and .said that he would 
take a car and see what caused the delay, adding, 
' When he brings you the cash you can let him 
have the hamper." The ("a|itain then departed. 



SUMMER P^XfURSlON ROUTES. 



The servant did not come for the plate, niid it 
remained packed and ready for delivery on the 
arrival of the purchase money. Late in the 
afternoon Mr. West went home, and having dined, 
was a.sked by his wife, "What second-hand plate 
was it that you bought to day?" "I bought 
none," he replied, " but I sold some, and it was 
to have been taken away at once, but I suppose 
it will be M'lit for to-morrow." "And why," en- 
(jiiirfd ^Irs. West, " did you send to me for one 
hundred and forty jioutids? Here is your note, 
which a servant in livery brought, and T gave 
bim the money." 

The swindle was complete. The ba.sket was 
never called for, nor could th(' defrauded party 
iver obtain any trace of the Crimea Captain or 
(if his livery servant. The reader need not sup- 
pose that the veteran delinquent was minus an 
arm. He was " made up " for the part wliicli 
be was to play in the deliberate and deeply-planned 
villainy, and in all probability he had both his 
hands full of use, to take off his niou.stache and 
Hogged coat in a very few minutes after leaving 
Mr. West's premises. The transaction excited 
much interest and some merriment. It afforded 
a subject for many jokes. He said that whether 
the captain reappeared or not, he could never be 
designated otherwise than as nff-hnnded in his 
dealings with Mr. West. 



:\IRS. BRUWX. 

It was up in old Kaintilck, 

.\nd his name was Billy Fry 
And he fired a rock at Lucy 

Krown and hit her in the eye. 

And when Bijah brought him out the little nig. 
rolled up his eyes, drew down the corners of his 
mouth, and said: 

"Say, bo.ss, dat stone slipped. I was gwiiu' to 
fi-ow at a blue-jay on a telegraf-pole, but de stone 
flew oft' do handle an' hit Missus Brown. I tole 
lier so all de time, but she got to ravin' aroun, 
;iii' gin me away to de poleeee. She's mad at me 
bout our dorg an' her liens, an' dat's why .she 
wanted mo locked iqi." 

"Now, h'ar dat young liar gon on ! ' exclaimed 
the indignant Mrs. Brown, wlio was present as a 
witness. "Why, boss, he frowed jiss as straight 
at me as he could, an' if 1 liadn't seen de rock 
i-oniin' it would brv hit un- on tup de head, 
lleah am de missive. 



She exiiibited a cobblestone weighing about six 
jjiiunils. and asseUed that it was the identical 
stone which bit her left eye. The rat of a 
prisoner looked tnun the stone to the Judge and 
said ; 

"Now, bo.ss, 1 leaves it to you if I could frow 
dat rocjc across dis room '? Why, if I'd hit her 
in de eye wid dat, she'd hev gone dead in a 
minit! '' 

" Boy, you go home, and don't you throw any 
more stones.' replied the court as he elo.sed the 



'ihv be sent HI 



the woman. 



"All right!' she whi.spered as .she followed the 
boy out. " If dat chile doan' git hisself s])anked 
de worst way fore sundown to-night, di-n it's . 
kase he kin outrun de hull fiini'ly! " 

"Suppose we pa.ss a law, " said a severe I'ather 
to his daughters, "that no girl eighteen years 
ilil wild can't cook a good meal, shall get married 
until she learns how to do it'? " "Why, then 
we'll all get married at seventi'en. " responded the 
girls in sweet churns. 

" Got all kinds of ties here'? " .said a would-be 
wit, entering a well-known furnishing store. 
"Yes sir,'' replied the shopman. " Well, I would 
like a pig sty," remarked the customer. "All 
right, sir; just bend down your hogshead, and 
we will take yonr measure. " said the ready shop- 
man. 

A NOTED miser, who felt obliged to make a 
present to a lady, entered a crockery store for 
the purpose of making a purchase. Seeing a 
statuette broken into a dozen pieces, he asked the 
price. The salesman said it was worthless; but 
he could have it for the cost of packing in a box. 
Th(> miser directed it to be sent, with his card, to 
the lady, congratulating himself that she would 
imagine that it was broken while on its way to 
her. He dropped in to see the efl'ect. The 
tradesman had carefully wrapped each piece in a 
separate piece of paper. Tableau ! 

T \VA.s showing my watch to my nephew, who 
was about si.x years old. He pointed to the face 
of the dial, and said, " Why there is another little 
watch." I said, " That is called the second-hand." 
He tossed his head contemptuously and walked 
off, saying, " I wouldn't own a second-hand 
watch." 



VIKW OF I'llK DKl.AWAKF. AT IIAXCorK 




View of the Dclawart at HaiKuck trie UaU' 



10 Niagara Falls. 


—. 1 


I. 




Excursions Starting from ^3 Returning to New York. 


NIAGARA FALLS. 


1 
1 

1 


EXCURSION No. 1. 




New York to Niagara Falls, and return. 




New York, Lake Erie and We.stern Railroad (i'«V< Avon Springs or Portage) 

New York, I.nko Kriu and Western Railroad (vm Avon .Springs or Portage) 

Kate Sn.OO 


to Niagara Falls 443 

to New York 443 


EXCURSION No. 2. 




New York to Niagara Falls, and return. 




New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad (I'la Avon Springs or Portagei 

New York Central and Hudson River R R 


to Niagara Falls 443 


Day Line Hudson River Steamers 


to New Y'ork 142 


Rate, .... *17.00 




EXCURSION No. 3. 




New York to Niagara Falls, and return. 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad (rin Avon Springs or Portage) 

New York Central and Hudson River R. R 


to Niagara Falls.. .'""is 

to New York 44.'! 


Kate, .... 18117.7.5 




EXCURSION No. 4. 




New York to Niagara Falls and return. 

New Y'ork, Lake Erie and Western Railroad (im Avon Springs or Portage) ^ 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad (..in Avon Springs or Portage) 


to Niagara F.ills...'... ui 

to Binghainton 228 






Kate, . - - . mil?. 00 




EXCURSION No ". 




New York to Niagara Falls and return 




Day Line IIudMin Kiv.-r Steamers 

New York, Lake Kriean.l Western Raill.nd n,i \^,m s,,, , l'.Mll„i) 


to Albany 142 

to Niasjara Fall.* 306 

to New York 443 


Rale. . . - . »17 00 




EXCURSION No. B. 




New York to Niagara Falls and return. 




New York, Lakr Erie and Western Railroad 

Northern Central Railway (rm Watkins' tVieu) 

New York Central ami Hndsi.n River Railroad 

New York. Lake Erie and Western Railroad (ri,i Avon Spring's or Portagel 


to Elmira 274 


to Canandaigna 09 

to Niagara Fails lilt; 

to New York 443 


Rate, .... mT.r.O 




EXCURSION N.,. 7. 




New York to Niagara Falls and return. 


,MII.l.-^. . 



Njw York, Lake Erie and Western Railro ui (i in \ion Spiings oi Poitig' ) 
New York Central and Hudson River R R {i m ( lil'lon '»pi ing^) 

Senena Lake .Steamer 

Northern Central Railway 

New Y.irk, Lake Erie and Western Railroad 

Rate, .... 



Niagara Falls. 




11 


EXCURSION N,3. 8. 






New York »o Niagara Falls and return. 
1 New York, Uke F.ri^ .n,.l W. -i. , n I;,„lr.m.l {vl,t Avon Springs or I'oria.. 
NewYork(Viitnil:,n.MI 1 1, 1.. , i;. R 


to Niagara Kails 

to Albany 

lo Saratoga 

toAlhany 


1 

.18 

:« j 
112 


: Saratoga I.iv., I)H. A llu.l . - - 1 ,,.,, 

I Pay l.iu.- Hiulsou Kivir St.Min.i-s 

Kate, . . - . .J819.10 






EXCURSION No. s^. 






New York 1o Niagara Falls and return. 






Day Lino IlmlsonRivorSloanv., 

SuratogaDiv., Del. A IIu.I. c. i „, in,. 

Saratoga Div., Del. A llu.l. ('. i .- I."h 

N.-wYork(V„lralal„niu.lM,„ Kn,r K I: 

NfW York, Lake Kii.. and W.^triii Uailr.ia.l (■ ;„ .\v,„i S|„ ii,-s ..,■ I',, Ha-., 


l.>Ne,v Vnrk 


^ 


Itato. ... - »18.a.-. 






EXCURSION No. lO 






New York to Niagara Falls and return. 


to Niagara I-alls 




Now York, Lake Erio aud Wosloru Kailroad 1 r,„ Avon Springs or PorlagO] 


418 
211 
35 
16 
16 
T.'i 
Ui 




toRichlield Springs 










Susquehanna Div., D. & H. C. CVs Lines 

Day Line Hudson River Steamers 


lo Albany 

to New York 


Kate, ... - «18.05 






EXCURSION No. 11. 






New York to Niagara Falls and return. 

New York, Lake Krie and Western Railroad [ma Avon Springs or Portage) 

New York Lake Erie and Western Railroad [via Avon Springs or Portage' 


M 

to Niagara Falls 

to Bingham ton 


LES. 
-143 
228 
67 
16 
16 
7.5 
142 


Susquehanna Div., D. A H. C. Co's Lino,s 

Cooperstown and Susquehanna Valley R. I! 


to Junction 

to Cooperstown 






Pay Lino Hudson River Steamers 


to Now York 


Kate, . - . . S18.20 






EXCURSION No. 12. 






New York to Niagara Falls and return. 






New Yolk, Lake laie aii.l W.-sl,-,n I!aili.ia.i [.■!„ Avon Springs Or Portage] 


to Niagara Falls 


443 
111 
142 


Susqueliaii. 1' ! II ' . / 1 II. 




Susquehani ,1 I. II . , - 1 ,„ 

Day Line IIn.I -n it . i -i. nnn- 




....to New York 


Kat<-, ... - SlT.tJO 






EXCURSION N... 13. 






New York to Niagara Falls and return. 


1 


Day I inc Hudson RiviT Steimers ' 


lo Albany 


.142 

. r,9 
. 9 
. 16 
k. 16 
. 35 
.211 


Susquehanna Div., Pel. A llud.C. Co.'s Lines 


10 .Sharon Springs.. 

to Cherry Valley... 


Otsego Lake Steamer and .Stage 

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western a R 


to Richfield Springs 

toUliea 


New York, Lake Erie and Western Railrwid (r.Vi Avon Springs or Portage) 

Rate. ... - »19.00 






1 



Niagara' Falls. 



New York, Lake Erie, aud Western IvJilroi 
New York Central and Hudson River R U 

Cayuga Lake Steamers 

Delaware, Lackawanna and AVestern R U 

New York, Lake Erie and Western UhIiok 

Rate, 



EXCURSION No. 14. 
' York «o N-aga-a Falls and return 

(n« Avon Sprints III Portage) 
(ma Llifton Spiings) 



to Nia^jTri Tills 
to ( ij ugi 
to Ithaca 
to Owego 
to New York 



EXCURSION N< 
New York to Niagara Falls 






Day Line Hudson River Steamers 

Susqueliauna IHv.. Del. & Hud. C. Co's. Lines 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad (v 
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad, (v 



Albany 142 



■ Portage) to Niagara Falls, 

Portage) to New York 



EXCURSION Nc 



York to Niag 



I Falls and r 



New Y'ork, Lake Erie and Western Railroad [via Avon Springs or Portage] to Niagara Falls 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad [via Avon Springs] to Bath 

Bath and Hammondsport R. R toHamiuondsport.. 

Lake Keuka Steamer to Penn Yan 

Northern Central Railway [toi Watkins' Glen) to Elraira 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad to New York 



Bate 



New York, Lake J iie and Western Railroad 

Bath and Hammoudsijort R R 

Lake Keuka Steamer 

Northern Central R.iilwav 

New York Central and Hudson Rum R 1! 

New York, Lake Trie and Western Riilioid 



EXCURSION Nc 



Falls and retun 



Kate, 



to Bath 

to Hammondsport.. 

to Penn Yan 

to Canandaigua 

to Niagara Falls 

toNewYoak 



New York, Lake Eile and We: 
Niw York, Lake Erie and We: 

Lehigh Valley R. R 

Central I!. R. of New Jersey.. 



EXCURSION No. 18. 
New York to Niagara Falls and return, 
1 Railroad [via Avon Springs or Portage] to Niagara Falls.. 



1 Railroad [<■ 



I Springs or Portage] to Waverly 

to Mauch Chin: 

to New York... 

«t7.90 



EXCURSION No. 19. 
New York to Niagara Falls and return. 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad (via Avon Springs or Portage) to Niagara Falls.. 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad |rm Avon Springs or Portage] to Binghamton.,.. 

Delaware, I.ackawnnna and Western R. R. [via Water Gap] to New York 

Rate .... WIT.OO 



EXCURSION No. 20. 
r York to Niagara Falls and rel 



New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad 

Northern Central Railway 

Seneca Lake Steamer 

New York Central and Hudson River It. R. [eia Clifton Springs], 
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad [tn'a Avon Springs < 



"■n>g«] 

S17.7S 



FARLKS FOK FOOLS. 



13 



THE ALAHM. 
Hi«ev.- ^'.■^s■.u•v,>■.wl\ wil.l ; l.i- 

Wa.s pale and cold as ,lav ; 
Upon his ti^hti-n'il li]! a sinili- 

Of fearful nu-aning la>. 
1 saw him bare liis throat, aud ^ 

The blue, cold, gleaming steel 
And grimly try the temperVl ed 

He was so soon to feel. 
Klack icy horroi-s struik mi- din 

And froze my senses o'er ; 
1 elosed my eyes in utter fear, 

And strove to think no more. 
He raised on high the glittering 

Then tirst I found a tongue; 
•• Hold, madman ! stay the frant 

1 cried, and forth 1. sprung. 
Me heard me, but he heeded nut 

One glance around he gave ; 
.\nd ere I could arrest his hand, 

He had — begun to .shave 1 



III [la.ssing over a river, uimn a high hridgo, a 
()W discovered abroad, loose plank in the floorinf;. 
iistained in place by a beam beneath the centre. 

■■ Now." said she. ■■ I will stand at this end of 
lu. trail, aiM when Vo„der siie,.), sl,.,,s i, i the 



i-ht. looking in ujioii the roosting hens in a 
oultry house; • don't see how I am lo find ni\ 
■ay lw<-k to my hollow tree.' 
■■Then- Is uo iKvssilv. • n-plicl il.c rock; 



FA15LKS KOK K()(l 



lite accidentally, into 
11' ground, ami looki 

Mn'ssi'd his tol-Mir 

'Ila.l Mil. Iicci, Id, 



lliis III,, lolly of i,it.'iii|,rralc zral. 

Wild, li,' lia.l loMrlu.Ird li,. auaihd a rep 
There wasMt any reply; lor the Ihcs Iki.I ii.-v 
gone near th,'!iui,-lioir; lli.y w,i,( in the sail 
way as he did, and made it very warm for liii 

The lesson of this fable is that one cannot sti, 
lo his pure rea.son while i|uarrelling with Iho. 

Some doves went t.i a hawk, and :iskii| liiiii 
jirotect them from a kite. 

•■That 1 will,- was the cluvrli.l r,-|,I.N ; ■ ai 
wh.-M I an, a.llllitlr.l illlo tin- ilov,.,-otr I .si,; 
kill n.ore of you li, a il;i\ tli;ii, the kite dill ill 
i-entury. But, of ciunsc. you know this; \. 
expect to be treated in the regukir wav.' 

So he entered the dovecote, and began iin)i 
rations for a general slaughter. But the do\ 
;ill .set upon him atul m;ide exceedingly short woi 
of him. AVith his last l,rr;itli li,. askril tlieiii wli 
being so formidabl.-, they luid not killed th,. kit 
They replied that they had i„-v,r sen, ;,„y kit,- 

Pkuplk who wear tight l,;,ts will .1,, «,11 
lay this fable well to lieart. and ponder ,ipo„ tl 
deep significenee of its numd — 



fools simplicity ; :uid, luiving plenty of time to 
indulge his facetious humor, lie gravely in.stallcd 
him.self upon the perch iudicattd, and shutting his 
eyes, counterfeited u profound slumber. lie was 
aroused .soon after bv a .sharji eonstrictioii ol' the 
throat. 

■■ 1 ouiilted lot. -11 M.u.said ll„- cock, -that 

occupy is a contested oii'c. ,nid l,;,s liccu IVuittid 
of licns to this v,.xatious w,.;iscl. I doi, t kunw 
//<>/(■ often I ha\,' been ],artially wi,low,,l by the 
sneaking villian. 

.\ K,,N a„d ;, iluck havhig- ipmrrellcd about 
the owucrship ,,r a tVog, agreed t<, refer the .lis. 
piilc to a lion. .Ut,-r hearing ;i great .lc:,l ol' 
;ir..uu,cut. the lion opcia.l his n,o„,h to speak. 
■1 au, very wll aware. iutCTuptcd the, luck, 
what your decision is. It is that by our own 
show ing the frog belongs to neither of us, and you 
will e;,l him yourself But, pleji.se renn-mber that 
lions do „„t iikcfrog>.- 

■T. inc.- cveUimed the fo.\. ■■ it i. pcrHctly 
cl,-;,r th;,t \ou will give the frog t,. the duck, the 
duck tip 11, c. ;ind take mo yourself. .\ll..w i,,c to 
st;,tc c,rt;ii,, objections to — ■' 

«l„lc xou »c,c,|isp„tinL'. tl,cc;„„c,,rco„tenlio,. 

l,;,d l,o,,pcd awax. Tcrbaps ^„„ ,„„ „n.cur. 



Erie Switchback. 



THE ERIE SWITCHBACK. 



NEW EXCURSION ROUTE. 



The Moosic range of mdUiitHins is uui 
height. The range is wilil .-in,! nig;;..!, 
diversified. Sc-nliir.; ii^ iMMiun,. |..u,iin 

in the world. Th ! I ■ i ,i 

sylvaniaCoalC.ji"! i - i i- 

there being nolomi >.- ~ I. m.i' rin 

roads cannot be conveyed by words. Tli 

climbs from Dunmore, Pa., to a height of 2,100 feet in a distance of live 
of 33 miles, and then by another route back to Dunmore, one mile from 
road extends from Honesdale to Carbondale, seventeen miles, and back by another route. The highest point on this 
road is 2,000 feet, and from the car windows the CatsklU mountains may be seen, sixty miles away. Lakes, waterfalls, 
glens, and valleys make these two excursions by gravity unrivalled. The Erie Railway Company has made every arrange- 
ment to introduce these roads to the public this season. The accompanying schedule will give all information in regard 
to routes and rates of fare, while the map published in connection herewith will show at a glance the novelty of theexcur- 
sion. Trains on these gravity roads connect with Erie Express trains to and from New York. Holders of other excursions, 
passing Lackawaxen at any portion of the route, can take in the Erie Switchback at a trifling additional expense, by 
means of the Side Trip Extension Excursions T, W, Y, ami Z. 



f the loftiest spurs of the Allegheuies. ."^ome of the peaks are 2,500 feet in 
d nowhere else in the State of Pennsylvania is the scenery grander or more 
iisrliusms, and threading its dense forests, are two of the most novel railroads 
1 1 n.lson Canal Company's Gravity Road and the Gravity Road of the Penn- 
I " I ati'd by an ingenious system of inclined planes, up and down the mountain, 
i> lo annoy the tourists. The delightful character of a ride over these gravity 
e is nothing like it in this country. The Pennsylvania Coal Company's road 
The road extends to Hawley, a distance 
on. The Delaware and Hudson's gravity 



New York, Lake Tiric and \V\ si, i n 1 

Omnibus 

Del. and Hud. Canal Co's Gra\ ily R 
Del. and Hud. Canal Co's Grav it j R 

Stage 

New York, Lake Erie and W . st, , ii 1 



ERIE SWITCHBACK. 

EXCURSION No. 36. 

York to Carbon^ale and return Del and Hud C Co s Gravity R. R, 

Mil 

IWisi.in RiilioKl to Honesdale 

(to Del A Hud ( I 
t Co's Depot ) 



New York to Du 
New York, Lake Erie and W. m. , , 
Penna. Coal Co's Gravity K^iilin;,,! 
Penna. Coal Co's Gravity i;;,ilina,l 
New York, Lake Erie ami \V.-sl,i . 



EXCURSION No. 87. 



to Hawley 127 

..to Dunmore S3 

.to Hawley 33 

..to New York 127 



Slew York to Sc 






ccuRSior 



C. Co 



Gravity R. R. 



Penna. C. Co s Gr 



New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad... 

Omnibus 

Del. and Hud. Canal Co's Gravity R. U 

Omnibus 

Penna. Division D. and H. C. Co's Lines 

People's Passenger Railway 

Penna. Coal Co's Gravity R. R 

New York, Lake Eric and Western Railroad 

Rate, - - - - S8.35 



I Honesdale 

I Del. & Hud. t 

Co's Depot 

I Carbondale 



( to Del A Hi 
\ Co's Depot 
to i^cranton 




ski: \ ANTS. i-> 

MODI 1 I I I.I I< ^I U\ W [^ 

Mill 1 Mill II rivil 

1 1 I \ 1 f IMJ 1 ll-|...>. 

I 1 HI II )l tin _ri it Fill Kill way. 
1 I il 1 all I iiln Ills wcbJuM tluttTiiiii 
|1 \ li ill 111 lint nil I r<>.j 1 (.tiul 111 1 (I intcous 

1 t w 11 1 [ i>->«(-ii_ i> it ill tiiiK s 1 lit 111(11 iin^ 
t II I iitl 11 iiU 1 il 11 i< ii.lml risa 

ill III 11 I I i| I I li I \ II itllt II ICUIll- 

\ I il I ti 1 t n I 1 III I It II lilt ii^gi'ii- 

II 1 I tx ht tl 1 tin 1 1 til rul<»< 
I ill I jt t liwl I lUEi^ low iril tlic 

1 pk ill Ins cli iijli limy be 

h IS t J 1, 1.1 ml make 

tl 111 uiin iiif It il K ^i'u do 



oil tl I 1 I tl I ] II I HI I 

I h t U II ll 11 I, 1 I, Mt 11 1 I 

I ihMy imi-lKili/ tills 1 nt 111 111 ikiii„ Ins i|) , * 

I iiitiiunt I I 111 11 «li t tl nil 111 liny in tins | ^j 



il-mtlii ^11 It Ini 1 1, 


f t 


u mm 


line 


th siiiilKst nihil 1 


1 


I llllK 


Us-th. 


tl.^ 1 1 \m11iiu t « li il 




I 111 It 


knilU 


Itl lltIM I lllllKt l^ 111 1 11 








It is th nil 1 n t th. r 


lit I 


nil 1 


1 t , 


MU 1 mil- li 1 It his 


1 h 


1 


1 t 1 il 


] 111 M ill II 1 1 


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1 1 11 I I I II I 1 ' M 1 1 I 1 II 
tl 1 nil mil .1 sii t I t III 1 1 th II S.SMI I 
ml sliitli niiitiiili II P lit II s ]Mli(iiL. mi 
[iitiilitv 111 ] > II II his I liii il Mrtii.s mil It 
,iM.s u» \\i isiu. t I . iiiiii 111 hiiii nuliMilu ilK 

111(1 L lUu ti\ih to till truihii^ ] ubiii uidisiu 
1 illy t I till, tmiid 111(1 ii.n iis tin iii xiKriiniid 

111 till unii tntid In ] nin^ this disuMd 

liiliitit th( nduitois f the 1 II. w., w ill 1 I \ n in i 1 n 1 i t Ii 

s mild I t fli 111 11 thii il I in w 1 ik t tl ill liiiil It 1 ] I 



I iri_iii_ 1 
until i I 



16 Erie Swithback— Cleveland. 


'►EXCURSION No. S9. 




New York io Scranlon and return (Penna. Coal Cos Gravity R. R. and Del. and Hud 


C. Cos Gravity R. R.) 






New-iork, Lake rnc and ■V\esl nil „l, I 


...tollawlry 127 


Penni Coal Co s Grivily R 1 


...toDuiiinorii 33 


People s Passenger Ri.hiai 


...to Suranton l!4 


Penna D.Msion Del and llud C Co s, I i., 


...to Carbondale Ifi 


Omnibus 


to Depot D. & H. C. ) , 
Co's Gravity R.R./ » 


1 Del. and Hud Canal ( o , ( ravity K K 


...to Honesdale 18 



New^oik Liki I ri ui n\ Krnlailroil to New York 

Kate, .... 188.25 

*.\Uhont!li E.KiMi>ic.ii No..W isllie ri^verse i.f i;.M.ursion No..W. it covers different ground, :i.s E.\eursion No. .j.s ti 
only one-liiilj of the nmiul trip loop of each Gravity Ro:id, while Excursion No. .59 traverses the remamin<j hafj. 



EXCURSION No. R3. 
New York to Cleveland and return. 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railnra.l . /.. \^.^» <|.iin-SM, Iv.nau.'] 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railro:.d 

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Raihv;i\' 

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad {niu .\von Spring's or Portage] 

Bate S27.00 

EXCURSION No. I:i4. 
New York io Cleveland and return. 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad [ tin .\von Springs or Portage] 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad 

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway 

Atlantic and Great Western Railway 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad 

Kate, .... 1S37.00 



5IILKS. 

to Niagara Falls 443 

to BuOalo 23 

to Cleveland 183 

to Buffalo 183 

.to New York 423 



i Niagara Falls. 

'Buffalo 

I Cleveland 

.Salamanca 

I New York 



EXCURSION N. 



New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroac 
New York, Lake Erie and Western R iilro.ic 
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern R iihi i 

Cleveland and Pittsburg R. R 

Pennsylvania Railroad 

Rate, 



EXCURSION No. 



New York, Lake Erie and Wcstei n R iili o id 
Atlantic and Great Western Railvnj 
Steamer on Chatauqua Lake 
Steamer on Chatauqua Lake 
Atlantic and Great Western Riil» i\ 
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern R'iilw^\ 
New York, Lake Erie and We'.ttrn R iilroid 
New York, Lake Erie and Wi '.t< i n I' iilui id ' 
Kate, 



Cleveland and retur 



to Salamanca 414 

to Jamestown 34 

loMayville 22 

to Jamestown 22 

to Cleveland 180 

to Buffalo 183 

to Niagara Falls 23 

to New York 443 



MISICAI, ACCENT, 



THE WOODS. 
There is ii pleasure in the pathless wooiU. 
There is a rapture ou the lonely shore, 
There is society where none intrudes, 
By the deep sea, and music in its roar. ■ 
I love uot man the less, but nature more, 
From these our interviews, in which 1 steal 
I'roni all 1 may be, or luive been l>clbre, 
To mingle with the universe, and feel 
What 1 can ne'er express, yet cannot all <ini(<Ml. 



Ml ^1< U \( ( 1 M 



A 



lul 


11, ll, ( uit ol ^nu>b.n 1, 1 




, 


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t> .n ill._i Iiiiri<\ ot Ml iiiuu 


^ 


111 


. Old 1 iiji-li Guill. .11.11 1 ' 


l^SJ 


Mil 


iliaiiud 1- I \Mtii.- Oil .1 




. l.\ 


"^11 ) uiu> N iiKtt tint 1 nil 1 


W 1 


Ul 


flipiMiitK -111 Now Ml \ u 


W 1 




l<di - 11 til sun. but diM 1 Ml 


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I 11 I ill ll tilt, notes in the two copien 

ik lilt \Mili I different accent." Sir 

N\ ll It 1- I musical icceut?" Cooke: 

iiiH aic 'i ^uint I a kison, bir." (A loiul 

liii^li) Sir Jainc (latlier ruffled): 

I) 11 t uiind J QUI tcims here. I asked 
\ II w lilt IS imuMciI accent? Can you 
SI. It ' Cooke V musician can." 
((jritit I lUj^liter ) Su James (very an- 
„iilj) Now piij sii don't beat about 
tin bush but tell Ills loidiliip and the 
nil}, wlio lu miiijioskI to know nothiiij;- 
ibout It the inLUiin^ ot what you call 
icctnt ' ' C ookc Accent in music if- 
stnss laid ujion i piiticnUr note, as yon 
u III 1 Idj sticks upon Ul) given word. 
I 1 til puiposc ot btiii^ better niider- 

I I It 1 WLic to siy you arc an nss. 
it n.st> on (;^s , but it I Were to say i/ou 
lie 111 iss It rests on yoii, Sir James." 
Itcitcrittd shouts ot Im^rhter by the 
whole court in which the bench joined, 
followed this repirtce Silence being ob- 
tiiiud ]joid Dennnii the judge, with 
iinuli sinning gi i\it\ lecosted the chop- 
tilleii couiisd ^re you satisfied. Sir 
Jimcs' Sii Jimcs deip red a.s he 
naturally was, had become Scarlett in 
more than name ; and, in a great hufT, 
said, '• The witness may go down." 

A LITTLE girl hearing that her mother 
was going into half mourning, wished to 
know if any of her relatives were haf/ 



Cooperstown — Richfield Springs — Trenton Falls. 



COOPERSTOWN. 

EXCURSION No. 21. 
New York to Cooperstown and return. 

New York, Late Erie and 'Western Railroad toBinghamton 21.i 

Susquehanna DiT., Del. & Hud. C. Co's Line to Junction 67 

Cooperstown and Susquehanna Valley Kallroad to Cooperstown 16 

Cooperstown and Susquehanna Valley Railroad to Junction 16 

Susquehanna Div., Del. & Hud. C. Co's Lines to Albany 78 

Day Line Hudson River Steamers to New York 142 

Kate, .... S10.S5 

EXCURSION No. 22. 

New York to Cooperstown and return. 

MILES. 

Day Line Hudson River Steamers to Albany 142 

Susquehanna Div., Del. & H. C. Go's Lines to Junction 75 

Cooperstown and Susquehanna Valley R. R. to Cooperstown 16 

Cooperstown and Susquehanna Valley R. R to Junction 16 

Susquehanna Div., Del. & Hud. ('. Co's Lines to Binghamton 67 

New Y'ork, Lake Erie and Western Railroad to New York 215 

Bate SIO.SS 



RICHFIELD SPRINGS. 



EXCURSION No. 23. 
New York to Richfield Springs and returi 

New Y'ork, Lake Erie and Western Railroad 

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad 

Stage and Otsego Lake 

Cooperstown and Susquehanna Valley Railroad 

Susquehan 
Day Lii 

Kate, .... S11.60 



MILES. 

..toBinghamton 215 

..loRichfieldSprings. 103 

..to Ckjoperstown 16 

..to Junction 16 

..to Albany 75 

..to New York 142 



! Hudson Ri\ er Steamers 



t.U-.qU hllil 

N » \ork, I 



EXCURSION No. 24. 
New York to Richfield Springs and 



Riilrood 
Kate, 



142 



to Utica 9.i 

loRichfieldSprings. 35 

to Cooperstown 16 

to Junction 16 

toBinghamton 67 

to New York 215 



TRENTON FALLS. 



EXCURSION No. 28. 
York to Trenton Falls and retur 



New York, Lake I rie and Wi stt rn lUilro ul 

Delaware, Lackawanna and "W estern R.ulroad 

Utica and Black Rn.i R I 

Utica andBlackRl\crK R 

Delaware, Lackawanni and "W t stern Railroad 

Stage and Otaego Lake btcimei 

Cooperstown and Susquihannii Valley Railroad 

Susquehanna 1) 

Day Line HudM 



A Hud C Co's Lines 



to Binghamton 215 

to Utica 95 

to Trenton Falls 18 

to Utica 18 

to Richfield Springs. 35 

to Cooperstown 16 

to Junction 16 

to Albany 75 

to New York 142 



OA MP M KKTI N(i I NTIDENT. 



A DINNER AND A KISS. 

"I havr broiif;lit vour dinner, latlirr,' 

The blaeksmith's daujiliter said. 
As slie took from her arn\ the kettle 

And lifted its shining lid. 
"There is not any pie or pudding, 

So I will give yon this," 
And upon his toil-worn foreliejul 

She left the childish kiss. 
The hhuksinith took off his apron 

And dined in happy mood, 
Wondering nuieh at the .savor 

Hid in his humble food; 
While all about liini «er<' visions, 

Full of prophetic bliss; 
But lie never thought of magic 

In his little daughter's ki.ss. 

While she, with her kettle swinging. 

Merrily trudged away. 
Stopping at sight of a squirrel 

Catching some wild bird's lay. 
.\nd I thought how many a shadow 

(If life and fate we would miss, 
If always our frugal dinners 

Were seasoned with a ki.ss. 



CAMI'-MEETINc; INCIDENT. 

OllR ivadcrs may ri'inenibcr tlic story of tlic 
"soapiufr" of the sifinal horn. The story 
runs that wlien a certain revivalist celebrity took 
up the horn, to suraiuon the worshippers to service, 
after dinner, one day, he blew a strong blast of 
Rift, soap all over the astonished brethren. It is 
also said by the chronicler of this "item" that 
the brother was .so wroth at this joke that hi^ crioil 
out aloud, '• Brethren, I have passed throuL'h many 
trials and tribulations, but nothing- like iIiIn 1 
have served the ministry for thirty years, and in 
that time ha\e never uttered a profane word, but 
T'U be cussed if I can't whip the man that .soapeil 
that horn." 

Well, this is a sl..ry; but wr liav,- fVom a ,. 
liable authority, sonicthiii- a lilllr stn.ngcr ii. tlir 
sequel to the same iMcidcnl. 'I'lii,- !.- i;iveM to us 
as follows: 

8ouie two days after the liorii-.soapiiii:. a lall. 
swarthy, villainous-lookin<; de,sperado .stnilled on 
the grounds, and leaned against a tree, lisicniiii; 
to the elo<|uent exhortation to repent wliicli wa.^ 
being made by the jireacher. After a while \u- 
became inteicst.'d. finally afTci-t.-il. and tin n took a 
position on the anxious scat, i-oiiiiin ni eil uioanini; 



in ■•the very bitterness ' of his .sorrow. The 
clirgynian walked down and endeavored to console 
iiim. No consolation — he was too great a sinner, 
ill' said. Oh, no — there was pardon for the vilest, 
-No, he was too wicked — there was no mercy for 

•• Why, what crime have you committed ! " .said 
the preacher; "have you stolen?" 

"Oh, worse than that!" 

"What! liave you committed perjury?" 

"Wor.se than that — oh, worse than that!" 

" Murder, is it? " gasped the horrified preacher. 

" Worse than that !" groaned the smitten sinner. 

The excited preacher commenced " peeling off" 
his outer garments. 

" Here, Brother Cole!" shouted ho, -hold my 
coat — I've found the fellow that soaped that 



• What is wisdom?" asked a teacher of a cla.ss 
>f small girls. A bright-eyed little creature 
irose and answered : •■ Information of the brain." 

■.llM. kin \on tell 111,. ,le difference between a 
•ottoii head ol' cabbage and a watermelon?" 

•■ No, sah." 

■ Well, for the land .sakes, you'd be a nice 
ligger to send out to buy a watermelon ! E'vali ! 



A (lE.NTLEMA.N without tact, on meeting some 
ladies whoiu he had known as girls in his boy- 
hood, cordially remarked, " Bless me ! How time 
flies! Let me .see. Tt is thirty-two years come 
iie.\t .\pril since we used to go to school together 
in tlie old red schoolhouse. I was a little chap 
then, you remember, and you were fine young 
\Minieii." The man could never understand why 
his cordial L;reetinir was rcceiveil so coldly. 

■ .MiKK. ■ .Slid a priest to his servant, "if the 
piiitestant minister calls to-day, remember I do 
not wish to .see him ; don't say \ am not at home, 
111'.- that would be telling a lie, but give him an 
evasive answer." "Och, I will," said Mike. 

■ Well. .Mike." said the priest in the eveniug. 
•did the mini.st<;r call?'' " Faix. he did, your 
riverence." " What answer did you give him? " 
•■ I gave him an evasive answer, as your riverence 
luwid me.' ••But what did you say to him ? " 

• Why. your riverenee. lie axed me was yez at 
liunie! and 1 towld liini. was his gian.liiiother a 
donk.v.- 



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22 Trenton Falls — Saratoga — Sharon Springs — 'Watkins' Glen. 


EXCURSION No. 26. 






New York to Trenton Falls and return. 
Day Line Hudson Eiver Steamers 


to Albany 












18 ; 










» 


New York, Lake Erie and Western Kailrr.ad 


to New York 


Bate, .... S11.35 






SARATOGA. 


EXCURSION No. 67. 






New York to Saratoga and return. 
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad 
Susquehanna Div., Del and Hud t Co s Line. 
Saratoga Div., Del. and Hud f ( o s Lines 
Saratoga Div., Del. and Hnd ( (o^. Lines 
Boston. Huosac Tuuuul and W Lstern liailway 
Fitchburgh R. R. [Hoosac Tunnel 
Old Colony R R 


to Binghamton.. 

to Albany 


MILES. 

215 

142 1 

38 ' 


to Meebanieville 

to North Adam» 

to Boston 

to Newport 


48 

143 

68 ! 

11:2 1 


Fall River Line Steamers 


to New York 


Kate, . - - . 1S16.00 






EXCURSION No. 68. 




: 


New York to Saratoga and return. 




162 






Fitchbursh R. R. (Hoosac Tunnel] 


to North Ailams 

lo Mcclianicvilk 


143 

48 

::. S 

.... 142 1 

''' i 

1 

1 






Saratoga Div., Del. and Hud. C. Cos Lines 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad 


to Albany 

to New York . 


Bate. .... 816.00 




SHARON SPRINGS. 


EXCURSION No. 27. 




' 


New York to Sharon Springs and return. 




„..„ 1 


New York, Late Erie and Western Railroad 
Susquehanna Div., Del. 4 Hud. C. Co's Linis 
Susquehanna Div., Del. & Hud. C. Co's Lines 
Day Line Hudson River Steamers 


to Binghamton 215 

to Sharon Springs... Ill 

to Albany 69 

to New York 142 


Rate, .... S9.65 




II 


EXCURSION No. 28. 




ll 


New York to Sharon Springs and return. 
Day Line Hudson River Steamers 


«... ! 

to Albany 142 


Susquehanna Div Del & Hud C Co's Lines 


to Binghamton.. 


.... 215 1 




to New York 


Kate. .... 89.65 




1 


WATKINS' GLEN. 


EXCURSION No. 29 




I 


New York to Watkins' Glen and return. 
















.... 22 
.... 22 . 

.... 274 ; 




toElmira 




to New York 


Bate S11.7S 




1 



VAI.LKV KdlKilv 




\ VI I I 

-I ' ] 
deeper iiitei 
tor \in( ncan-i than the loiif, roll 
itig hip'hlands on the banks of 
tli(. ^(hu\lk.ill >>u memorable in 
lii-t<)i\ i^ \ illt\ Torpt Htit 
\ I- th< irni\ (h>!jiostd and if it 
lud bun j)rop*rl\ proMdtd with 

cient conimis.vir\ dipart ^ ^ 

inc nt the winter nujrht lii\o be<n ])a»s(d in 
lupuratiM (omfoit Hnt e\(n hid thi nid 
1 _ huf. of tht voldiii-s be*n trinsfirnKd int< 
|ilui>' tlu ^nawmcff hunpoi iili nt would 
hm iiiidt them still wrotohtd N ithinj; is 
fitil as the ibst nn of ^ood nntiitioiis 
I ud \\t who an ))ltsstd h\ i kind I'r< m 
dtnce with all lifts lomfirts ind who -it 
ilowii every day trtoiir well-ordered table, can 
but :i faint iilea of the sufteriup* of our 



24 



SUMMER EXCURSION ROUTES. 



fellow-beings who are starving in some of the 
low dens of the city; and we can realize but 
feebly what the poor soldiers of Valley Forge 
endured. It was the darkest hour in all our 
revolutionary history. 

Washington's room is preserved in precisely 
the same condition in which he kept it. In one 
of the deep window-seats is discovered a secret, 
repository, which he used for his private papers. 
Several old cannon-balls were rolled out on the 
floor by the young lady who showed us the 
room, with the explanation that they were 
samples of many more which had been ploughed 
up in the fields. 

From Washington's headquarters the ground 
gradually rises toward the south, and by gentle 
swells spreads out for over a mile, forming the 
camping-grounds where the log-barracks were 
erected. Surrounding these rolling meadows on 
the northwest are high bluifs, upon which was 
posted the main portion of the army. 

Washington chose this position for the canton- 



ing of his troops, not only because it was near 
enough to Pliiladelphia to keep a vigilant watch 
over that city, but also on account of its natural 
advantages, as it was well adapted for a strongly 
entrenched encampment, and had a good supply 
of fresh water always on hand. 

It is situated at the entrance to the valley, in 
Chester county, on the west side of the Schuyl- 
kill, about twenty-three miles from Philadelphia. 
To the north-west a deep creek runs between 
high and rugged hills, and debouches into tin- 
Schuylkill. This stream is called the "\'alley 
Creek. A forge which was located some distance 
up the creek, and whose hammers were worked 
by the stream, is supposed to have originated the 
name " Valley Forge," which was afterwards 
applied first to the village, and then to the whole 
camp ground. This old forge, built previous t« 
the Revolution, was standing there during the 
war. It was used for the conversion of pig iron 
into ." blooms," and then into rod iron. This 
was before the day of rolling mills. 



Watkins' Glen — Havana Glen — Geneva — Ithaca. 



New York, Lake T.rW 
Northern Central Kai 
Seneca Lake Steainei 
New York Central ai. 
Dav Line Hudson Ri' 



EXCURSION Nt 
New York to Watkins' Glen 



EXCURSION No. 31. 
New York to Watkins Glen and return. 

Dav Line Hudson River Steamers 

New York Central and Hudson River R. R 

Seneca Lake .Steamer , 

Northern Central Railway 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad 

Rate, .... Sia.7.5 



to Albany.. 

to Watkins 
to Elinira... 



New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad 
Northern Central Railway 
Northern Central Railway 
New York, Lake Erie anil U e'.teru K,nlroad 
Rate 



HAVANA GLEN. 

EXCURSION No. 82. 
/ York to Havana O'er and retur 



EXCURSION N, 
New York to Havana Glen 



and return. 



New York, Lake Erie and W eile 
Northern Central Railwav 
Northern Central Railway 
Seneca Lake Steamer.. 
■New Y'ork Central and iludson : 
Day Line Hudson River : 



MILE3. 

loElmira. 274 

to Havana 19 

lo Watkins' 3 

lo Geneva 40 

lo Albany '200 

loNew I'ork 14!! 



ON Tiih; ri'i'i:!! dki^awakk. 



EXCURSION N,,. no. 
New York to Geneva and retui 



New York, Lake Kric anc 
Norlliern Ceutral liailwii 

Seneca I-akc Sti'aim-r 

Seneca Lake Steamer 

Northern Central Itailwa 
N.w Yurk, Lake liri.- an. 



I Walkins' 40 



EXCURSION Nc. 34 
ew York to Ithaca and retu 



New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad.. 

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western H. U 

liilawarc, Lackawannaand Western H. H 

Sew York, Lake Kri'* and Western Kailroad.. 

Kllte 



) Owego '4K 







Trontinc in tli.- I'pper Pelaw; 



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Taughannock Falls — Clifton Springs — Chautauqua Lake. 



TAUGHANNOCK FALLS. 

EXCURSION No. 69. 

New York to Taughannock Falls and return. 

MILES. 

New Yort, Lake Erie and Western Railroad to iiweRO 237 

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western R. R 1" Ilhiica 33 

Cayuga Lake Steamboat Co t" Taughannock 8 

Cayuga Lake ."^Iteamboat Co to Ithaca 8 

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Ilaiii..,.! to Owego 33 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Kailri.;il to New Y^ork 237 

Rat.-, - - . miZ.lB 



EXCURSION No. 70. 
New York to Taughannock Falls and return. 



New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad.. 

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western K. R 

Geneva, Ithaca and Su>rr K, K 

Geneva, Ithaca and S;i\ !.■ i: 1: 

Delaware, Lackawauiia an. I Wi-tfiii 1;. 1; 
New York, Lake Erir;ind \Vr>iein l;;iiln,.M 



CLIFTON SPRINGS. 

EXCURSION No. J 
fork to Clifton Springs an( 



Day Line Hudson River Steamers 

New York Central and Hudson Eiver R. R.. 
New York Central and Hudson River R. R.. 

Seneca Lake Steamer 

Northern Central Railway , 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Raili 
Kate, 



CHAUTAUCUA LAKE. 

EXCURSION No. 86. 

New York to Chautauqua Lake and return. 

MILES. 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad to Salamanca 414 

Atlantic and Great Western Railway to Jamestown 34 

Steamer on niautauqua Lake to Mayville 22 

Steamer on Chavitauqiia TiUke lo .I;inie.stown 22 

Atlantic and Great Western l!;,ilw:iy h.Sxlamanra M 

New York, Lake Erie and Western l;:ulr..ad t„ New York 414 



EXCURSION No. 87. 

New York to Chautauqua Lake and return. . 

MILES. 

New York, L.->ke Erie and Western Railroad to Salamanca 414 

Atlantic and Great Western Railway to Jamestown 34 

Steamer on Chautauqua Lake to Mayville 22 

Steamer on Chautauqua Lake to Jamestown 22 

Buffalo and Southwestern Railroad to Buffalo 09 

New York, L.ake Erie and Western Railroad to Niagara Falls 23 

New Vork, Lake Erie and Western Railroad (rm Avon .Springs orPorLage) to New York 443 

Rate, .... $19.50 



CHAUTAUQUA. 




fc^^^^ ^ ■' 




^ 



EXCURSION No. l.l. 
York to Chauiauqua Lake and 



New York, I^iko Kric and WesittMii Kailroad ( 
New York, Ijike Erin and Western Hailmad.. 
I.ako Shore and Michigan Southern Kailwav . 
Kiiflalo, Chanlainiun I.Ake and PitLslmiL. I:.>il 

.•^toaiiieron Chatitauqiia l^ike 

New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio i:;nli- i I 
New York, Lake Erio and Western ]:;iiliM.i.i 



Buiralo, Chauiuii 
Lake Shore and 
New York, Lakf 
New Y'ork, Lak.- 



EXCURSION No. (52. 
York to Chau'.ajrua La) e and ret. 



EXCURSION No. 71. 

New York to Chautaurua Lite and retu 

New York, Lake Krie and Western Railroad 

New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Kailroad .. 

Steamer ou Chatitaitmia Lake 

Buffalo, Chaul»ui|iia ^.a\:^^ mid PitlsburL- I!ail«..v 
l^ke Shore and MiilM-tn ^-xtTh-M-n R;1i!^v;^^■ 

New York, Liik.' I . ■ "M \\ . ^ IM.Ir..-,;! 

New York Ceucn , -.i ii , ,. i: . , i; i: 

Saratoga Div.. Ili ; < 

Saratoga Div.. It.l a 1 1 i l i < , I mp. ... 

I>ay Line Iludsiii iu.v. .>k..m.i,, 

Kati-. *;i 



^TMMER KXCrRSION ROUTEi= 



EXCUF^SIO" 
New York lo Chautauqua Lake and reJur 



New York, Lake Erie and Western Eailroad ( 
New York, Lake Erie and Western Kailroaii. 
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Kailway 
PitlshurcTit: ■■■ ' " "• ■- '— ■- 



rti via Mauch Chunk i 
Portati) 



nd BuB'alo Kailwa 



EXCURSION 
York lo Chautauqua Lake and retui 



New York, Lake Erie and Wester 
New Y'ork, Lake Erie and Wester 
Buffal.. and Smithwestem K. R... 



ALEXANDRIA BAY. 



New "i oik Lake I 
Npw-iork(enlra 
Pome '^V ateit IV [1 



Rom Waterto»nandOplenshuri,P h 
Syracuse BinBhamton and New \ ork R R 
>c« Y ork 1 dkc Erie in I Western Railroad 
Kate, 




KAII,K(»A1) HKADIXr. 



31 



SUMMER. 

Hkk solt (le,stcinliiig .showers 
Hath April iiouicd uiion the .smiling I)li^ill^ 
Ami leafy .lune leads on the sultry hours. 

For May hath gone, 

Anil Siunuier marches mi 
To lake possession of his wide doiiuiiii>. 



The skies are bright jiid Ulm . 
where the silver clouds sail slowly h, 
.■ry form and ever-varying hue. 
Soft breathes the gale, 

riirough each sequestered \al<-. 
lills o'erhung with forests waving hi; 



Xow, in the meadows green. 
The fragrant odour of the new-mown hay 
Rises like incense, where the scythe hatli bee 

And all the air 

Ke-echoes everywiien- 
With .sound of laljour till the dose of <la.\ . 

Now, hurried from the fold, 
The flocks dash through the cleansing stream 
And issue dripping from the watei-s cold ; 

Till, warm iind dry. 

They all contented lie. 
Shorn of their fleeces, in the sMnli;;hls -liaui 



STOKlEs; ABOUT (1 liKAN. 

/ -1URRAX. the Irish barrister, was ii man of 
V.^ p-cat magnetic force. His oratorical iMiwcrs 
were of the most splendid style, and his wit. 
jiathos, and sarca.sm irresistible. He is said to 
have received a call before he had left his bed 
line morning, from a man whom he had roughly, 
and with a good deal of insolence, cross-examined 
the day before, 

"Sir," said this irate man, presentim.: Inmsiif 
ill Curran's bedroom, and arousing the banisic r 
fioin slumber to a cousciuusn&ss that he was in a 
very awkward position, "I am the gentleman yen 
insulted yesterday in court, in the presence of the 
whole county, and I have come to thrash ymi 
soundly for it." Thus suiting the action to ilir 
Word, he raised a horsewhip to strike Cinraii. 
when the latter quickly said : 

"You don't mean to strike ;i iiiiiii when lies 

"No. bedad; [11 jist wait till vuu vc -ot oul 
of bed, and then 1 will give it to you." 

Currans eye twinkled humorously as he replied: 
" If that's the case, by Geor-e I'll lie hero all 



wit, that he dropped his wliip, and with a hearty 
roar of laughter, asked Curian to shake hands 
with him. 

His wit at tiiiKs was c.xtniiiely bitter. a.s when 
asked by a you,,^ poet, wlioni hJ di.sliked: 

■Have v"nu seen mv Decent into Hell?" he 



oniing ubscrvcl: 

" Vuii seem to cuui;li willi more dithculty I" he 
plied: 

■That is lather surnrisini;. for I have been 



A DEACONS MIST.AKK. 

.\ KUN.w JOKE, and all the more palatable, 
as its truth can be vouched for, occurred at a 
]ironiiMcnt church in New Jersey. It seems 
that a worthy dcaeun had been very industrious 
ill sclliiii; a new church book, costing seventy-five 
ceuts. At the .service in question, the luinister, 
just before dismissing the congregation, ro.se and 
said. "All ye who have children to baptize will 
please to present them next Sabbath." 

'file deacon, who, by the way, was a little deaf, 
having an eye on selling the books, and supposing 
the piisitor was referring to them, immediately 
jumped up and shouted: '-All you who haven't, 
can get as many as you want by calling mi mc. 
at s»^venty-five cents each." 

A M.VN nskcil for admission to a slmw tiir half 
price. Ms lie hail but one eye to sec with. 

■ I'"HKK Clliil'.s' is a sign hung out Viy a 
Cliicago restaurant; and when the cust<imers 
apply, they arc sh.iwn a woud-pil.' and handed 

.-^llAl.i 1 help you over the fence ?' said a 
poliic Ndiitli 111 an old gentlemen, who weighed 
L'(Hl puiiii.ls -Oh! no. Dont heli> me. You 
had be t..r help the fence." 

■ Wii,,, sMid .Mr, Peter .Mitchell, a member 
of the Canadian Ilou.se of Commons, to the 
meuibei-s wlio were trying to choke him off — 



brayed there : 



It 



1 echo," 
Jit. 



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Alexandria Bay. 



EXCURSION No. 89. 



New York to Alex 

Railroad (rin Avon S 



Bay and relurn. 



New York, Lake Erie aod IV 

New York Central and Hudson Rirer E. 1 

Kome, Watertown and Ogdensburg R. E 

Steamer 

Steamer 

Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg R. K.... 
New York Central and Hudson River R. li 

Day Line Hudson River Steamers to New York.. 

Kale, . - . . S22.90 



.to Niagara Fulls 


.to Syracuse 


.to Cape Vincent 


. to Alexandria Rav... 


.toCaiie Vincent 


.to Rome 


.to Albany 



EXCURSION 



New York, Lake Erii- and W.stei n R;iil,u;i.l 
Syracuse, Hinghamton and New Voile I:. 1; 
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburi; K. I; 

Steamer 

Steamer 

Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg R. I: 
New Y'ork Central and Hudson Hirer R. R.. 

Day.Line Hudson River Steamers 

Kate, 



.to Cape Vincent O.l 

to Alexandria Bay... 30 

.10 Rome 07 

.to Albany Ill) 

.to New York 142 



Nev 

Day Line Hudson River Steamers 

New York Central and Hudson River K. 
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg R. R.. 

Steamer 

Steamer , 



EXCURSION No. 
York to Alexandria Bay ; 



.Mii,i-:s. 

I Albany...... H2 

1 Rome 110 

I Cape Vincent a7 

1 Alexandria Bay... 30 
1 Cape Vincent 30 



Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg S. E to Syracuse 

Syracuse, Binghamton and New York R. R to Binghamton.. 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad toNew Y'ork 

Kate S17.10 



EXCURSION No. 
Cork to Alexandria Bay ; 



New York, Lake Eric and Woslorn : 
New York Central and Ihnlvnti i:iv. 

Steamer 

Royal Mail Line Steamei - 

Steamer 

rtica and Black River K. I:, i.'ii I r. 
New York Central and Hudson Kiv 
Day Line Hudson River Steamers... 



.to Niagara Falls 443 

.1.) l.ewislown 7 

t" r..i.iiii.. :iB 

I.I Al.xaii.liiaBay... •.':!.') 

..lot tica 118 

.to Albany »5 

..to New Y'ork 142 



EXCURSION No. 43. 
York to Alexandria Bay and retu 



iirk, Lake 1 
re, I.ackaw 



iiid Western Kailriw. 
Utica and Black River U. R. (no Trenton Fal 

Steamer 

Steamer 

Utica & Black River R. 11. (i-m Trenton Falls 
New York C'ientral and Hudson River R. R.. 

Day Line Hudson River Steamers 

Rate, 



..toliinghnnitnn 215 

..to Utica !1.5 

..to Clayton 108 

..to Alexandria Bay... 12 

..to Clayton 12 

..to Utica 108 

..to Albany 95 

..to New York 142 



ox LAKK MOIIOXK. 



THE GLADNESS OF NATURE. 



There are notes of joy from the hang-l)ird and wn 
And the gossip of swallows through all the sk\ 

The pronnd-squirrel gaily chirps by his den, 
And the wilding-bee hums merrily by. 

The <londs arc it pliv in thr a/nre spai f 

And theirshn«lo»sutplay on the bright green \ i 

And here tbej stretch to the trolic thnse 
And there they roll on the e usy g ili 



Th<'re's a dance of leaves in that aspen bower; 

There's a titter of winds in that beechen tree; 
There's a smile on the frait.andasmileon the flow( 

And a laugh from the brook that nins to the st: 

\nd look it the broid fi<td sun how he smilei 

On the d( w v < irtli tli it sinilis in bis raj, 

On ihi h ipin^w ittrs iiid g i\ \oiing I'-les— 

\\ look iiid hi ll'-inili tbv gloom iw tj ' 




EXCURSlOr 



New York 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad [via J 

Kew York Central and Hudson Eivur R. R 

Utica and Black River R. R. (,rla Trenton Falls).... 

Steamer 

Steamer 

Utica and Black River R. R. (via Trenton Falls).... 

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western R. R 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad 

Kate, 



Bay and return. 

m: 

r Portase) to Niagara Falls 

to Utica 

to Clayton 

to Alexandria Pay.. 

to Clayton '... 











EXCURS 


ION 


No. 73. 








New 


York 


to Alex 


andna 


Bay and relur 


New York, Lake Er 


. and A\ 


estern 


Jvaiho 


d u-ia . 


Urn, ^1 


ri[i>,>.or I'orij^L 


New York Central si 


nd Iluds 


onRi 


crK I 











Utica and Black Ri^ 


.rR 1 


ria T 


eiiton I 


alls)... 









Steamer 
















Steamer 

















Utica and Bla.k 1; 




,. r 


mm: 


'alls)... 








NewYorkCentr.il 




: l:i 


, I 7 










Day Line Hudscn 1 






Kate 








*^3 



to ARxandris 
to ClTvton 
to I Ilea 
to Albany 
to >cw")iorl 



EXCURSION No. 44. 
New York to Montreal and Return. 

New York, Llk 1 n and A\ i item Railioad {v%ti \m)M ^i)rin^s ( r 1 ortdt^ ) 

Hew York ( i ntral and Hudson Tfiier R R 

Rome, Watertc wn and < gdensl ui^. I I 

Steamer... 

Royal Mail I me Steamers 

(irand Trunk Railway 

Champlain DiMsion D AH C ( o •> I im « 

Champlain Dn ision D <t H C Co s Lines or Lake Chainphin Steamers 

Saratoga Di\ , Del A Hud t Co si incs 

I/akc George ^te imer 

Stage 

Saratoga Dn , Di I A Hud ( f o s I in< s 
Saratoga Dn Pel <. Hud C Co s I int-. 
Day Line Hudson Rucr 'sttaiuers 

Ka(., "t-i* 



to Niat,ara Falls 

to Cipe \ iiicent 
to Alexandria B''^ 
to Montreal ~ 
to Rousi s Point 
to Plattsburg 
to ft Ticondcio„T 
to Baldwin 
toCaldwdl 
to Olnn s Falls 

toAlhan\ 



EXCURSION No. 4S. 
New York to Montreal and red 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Kailruail 

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western R. I! 

Utica and Black River K. R. (via Trenton Falls) 

Steamer 

Royal Mail Line Steamer 

Grand Trunk Railway 

Champlain Division. D. A H. C. Co's Lines 

Champlain Division, D. A H. Canal Co's Lines or I^ke Champlain Ster.:-.icr.. 

Saratoga Div., Del. A Hud. C. Co's Lines 

Saratoga Div., Del. A Hud. 0. Co's Lines 

Day Line Hudson River Steamers 

Kate, . - . - 



..to Biiiglianiton 215 

..to Utica 95 

..to Clayton 108 

..to Alexandria Bay... 12 

..to Montreal 10.5 

..to Rouse's Point .'iO 

..to Plattsburg 23 

..to Ft. Ticonderoga... 68 

..to Saratoga 61 

..to Albany 38 

..to New York 142 



SA>rS LKTTKl?. 



37 



SAMS LETTER. 

r WONDER who the d-d-devil w-w.ite me thth 
* letter. I thuppoth the b-beth way to f-tiiid 
I 'lit ith to open it and thee. (Opins letlrr.) 
Thome lun-lunatie hath w-wittcn me tilth letter, 
lie hath w-witten it upthide down. I Wonder if 
he th-thouirht T wath ^oing to w-wend it tliiiM(liii); 
nil my head. Oh, veth, I thee; 1 liiid i( (-1 
liiriied upthid,. down'. -.Vniewiea'' Wli.. tlir 
.Kdevil dn I knuw in .\ ni.'wiea V I am -lad he 
IkiIIi i;-^iv,-ii iiir hilh addweth anyhnW. Oh, 
yeth, I thee, it ith from Tham. I alwayth know 
Tham'th handwitinj; when I thee hith name at 
the li-bottom of it. Tham alwayth wath an ath : 
hilt yuiiM like him. ■■ ,\In dear hwothei— ^ 
Tliam aKvayll, eallrd ii.e l,w,il lirr. M tliiip|M.ll, 
ith heeaiith hith m-mother and my mother watli 
tlu^ tluime woman, and we never had any tlillh- 
lerth. When we were hoyth we were lndtli 
toiinther. The uth to <^e-fret off a pwovcrh when 
they thaw uth corn-coming down the stweet. It 
ith vewy good if I could only think of it. I 
lan never wecollect anything that 1 cant we- 
member. Ith— it ith the early hir-bird— ith the 
early bir-bird that knowth ith own father. M'hht 
iion-nonthenth that ith! How e.i-.-oiild a Mr 
bird know ith own father'.' Itb a wllbe— ith a 
withe child — ith the witli,. child that -rtli tli,' 
worn. T-thatb nut wite. What iini,-ii,,ntlirnlli 
that ith ! \o pa-jiaweiit would allow hith ehilil 
to ga-gather woms. Ith a whyme. Ith fi.sli nf 
of a feather. Fish of a fea— What iion-nnii 
ib.nth ' Fur tish don'th haw teatherth. Itb 
bir-birdtb— ith b-birdth ,,f a feather— b-birdtb 
of a-uf a leather Hock together. H-hinlth of a 
feather 1 .Juth ath if a who-who-whole fli.ck ..f 
b-birdth had only one f-feather I They'd all 
eateh cold, and oidy one b-bird c-could have that , 
f-ti'ather, and he'd fly sidewitlu-. What con- 
iniifounded nonthenth that ith ! Flock to-to- 
gether! Of conrth th-ibeyd tlnek tuo,.-!,,.,-. 
Who ever her-heanl of a bird lirii,.^ such i, 
durned f-fool ath to g-go into a e-cnimr and ti..- 
flock by himthelf?. •' I wo-wnte y..ii a lett.r 
thome time ago — " Thath a lie; be liijiift 
wi-wite me a letter. If h,. bad witt,ii m,. a 1,.|- 
ler he would have potlird it, and I would have 
.g-,i;ot it; tho, of courth, he didn't potb it. and 
then he didn't wite it. Thath eathy. Oh. yeth. 
I thee; -'but I dwopped it into the ]iothi other 
forgetting to diwect it. " Tham alwayth wath 



an alb. I wonder who the d-die-dickenth got 
I that letter. I wojider if the poth-pothman ith 
gwoin' awound inquiwing for a f-fellow without 
a name. I wonder if there ith a f-fellow with(mt 
any nanii'. Tf then- itb any f fellow without any 
name, linw the d .livil doeCb he who he ith him- 
til. If'.' I — I «„nder if tbuch a fellow could get 
niawicd How could he ak hith wife to take 
liitb iiMiiir if be h-had no name'? . Thath one of 
iliotlie ihin-tii nn felliiw can f-find out. " I have 
.i'lih niadr a iliartling discovery." Tham'th 
alwayth d-doing tbointhing '• F have dithcovered 
that my mother ith —that m-my mother ith not 
my m-niother; that a — the old nurth is my m- 
mother. and that you are not my b-bwother, and 
a — tha-that I wath changed at my birth." How 
e-eaii a fi-llnw be changed at hith b-birth ? If 
he itb iini blnithelf, who tho de-dc-devil itii he? 
If Tb.iiM'tli ui-mother is not hith m-mothcr, and 
the mirth is hith mother, and Tham ithn't my 
bwntlier, who the d-devil am I'/' That'll one of 
thntbe thingth that no fel-fellow can find out. 
■ I li:i\e ]i-purcliathed an ethtat<! thome-thonie- 
when — Dothn't the id-idiot know wh-where 
h-be hath b„i,-bt it'? Oh, yeth; •' ,m the 
b-bankth Ml' the .M-.\I-.Mithilhippi." Wh-who 
tbi. iT-deNil itb .M..Mithithippi'.' I g-gueth ith 
Tbaiii ih 111 mother-in-law. Tham'th got inawied. 
He lb tliaytb lu^ felt v-vewy ner-nervouth. Any 
I'el fellow feelth nervouth when h-he knowth he 
ith go-going to make an ath of himthelf. 
Tham'th got a mother-in-law. He alwayth wath 
a lucky fellow getting th-thingth he didn't want, 
and hadn't any uth for. Thpeaking of mother- 
in-lawlh. I had a fwiend who had a mother-in- 
law, and be didn't like her pwetty well; and she 
ffelt I be ibaiiie way toward him; and they went 
away on a th-theamer acwoth the ocean, and 
they got wecked, catht away on a wafl, and they 
floated awound with their feet in tlie water and 
other amuthementh, living on thuch thingth 
ath they eoulil pick up — thardinth, ithcweam, 
nwangelh, and other c-canned goodth that were 
floating awonnd. When that wath all gone, 
everybody ate everybody eltli. F-finallv only 
binithelf and hith mother-in-law wath left, and 
they pl-played a game of c-cardth to thee who 
thonbl be eaten up — himthelf or hith mother-in- 
law. A-a — themother-indawlotht. H-he treated 
her haiidfhomely. only he thrapped h-her flat on 
her back, and c-earved her gently. H-h-he 
ihaylh that wath the f-firth time that he ever 
weally enjoyed a m-mother-in-law.- /von/ Duit- 



SUMMER EXCURSION ROUTES.— ADVERTISEMENTS. 



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and only one with Elevator. 




Rochester, N.Y. 



GEO. A. BUCK. WM. H. SANGER 



THE EBBITT HOUSE, 




Board and Room at $3.00 and 84.00 per day. Parliir and Alcove Rooms at etjually low rates 

Bull's Eyes, or Top Floor (nice rooms) at $2,50 per day. The Clergy have alway.s been 

received at a Liberal Discount. Army and Navy Officers at special rates. 

S&'Four Iron Fire Escapes. Splendid New Hydraulic Elevator, Otis, Bro. & Co.'a favorite and heal Jt)b.-''&i 

Special atteniion paid to persons going to and returning from Florida. 

C. C. WILLARD, Proprietoi- 



A TV\IIJ!()AI> IN 'I'llK CLOT-DS. 




Montreal. 



EXCURSION No. 46. 
New York to Montreal and return. 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad 

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western R. R 

titica and Black River R. R. {via Trenton Falls) 

Steamer ; 

Royal Mail Line Steamers 

Grand Trunk Railway , 

Champlain Division, D. & H. C. Co's Lines 

Champlain Division, D. & H. C. Co's Lines or Lake Champlain Steamer 

Saratoga Division, Del. and Hud. C. Co's Lines 

Lake George Steamer 

Stage 

Saratoga Division, Del. and Hud. C. Co's Lines 

Saratoga Division, Del. and Hud. C. Co's Lines 

Day Line Hudson River Steamers 

Kate S39.60 

EXCURSION No 47 
New York io Montreal and return 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad 
Susquehanna Div., Del. & Hud. C. Co's Lines 
Cooperstown and Susquehanna Valley Railroad 

Otsego Lake Steamer and Stage 

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad 
Utica and Black River R. B. (via Trenton lalls) 

Steamer 

Royal Mail Line Stt aiiicrb 

Grand Trunk Railw a> 

Champlain Division, D AH C Co s Lines 

Champlain Division D A. 11 C. Cos Linesor Luke Champlain Steamei 

Saratoga Division, Dtl. & Ilud C. Co's Lines 

Saratoga Division, Del. & Hud. C. Co's Lines 

Day lane Hudson River Steamers 



.to Binghamton 215 

.to Utica 95 

to Clayton 108 

to Alexandria Bay... la 

.to Montreal 165 

to Rouse's Point 60 

to Plattsburg 23 

.to Ft. Ticonderoga... 68 

to Baldwin 5 

.to Caldwell 36 

.to Glen's Falls a 

.to Saratoga 2S 

to Albany 38 

.to New York 142 



to Binghamton 

to Junction 

to Cooperstown 

to Richfield Springs 

to Ltita 

to Claj ton 

to Alexandria B.\ 

to Montreal 

to Rouse's Point 

to Plattsburg 

to Ft Ticonderog » 

to Saratoga 

to Albiny 

to New ^ ork 



EXCURSION No. 48. 
New York io Montreal and returi 

New Y'ork, Lake Em ind \\ estern Railroad 
Susquehanna Div., Del A Hud L tosLiliis 
Cooperstown and Susquclnniia \alliy R R 
Otsego Lake Steamer and Stage 
Delaware, Lackawanna and \V estorn R R 
Utica and Black Ri^erK R (iin Trenton talis) 

Steamer 

Royal Mail Line Steamers 

Grand Trunk Railvii) 

Champlain Divison, D AH C Co's Lines 

Champlain Division, D A II C Cos Lines or Lake Champlain Steamer 

Saratoga Div., Del. A Hud C Co's Lines 

Lake George Steamer 

Stage 

Saratoga Div., Del. A Hud C ( o s Lines 
Saratoga Div., Del. A Hud C ( o's Lines 
Dav Line Hudson Eivi r ^team( r> 

Kate, . . . . ig 

EXCURSION No. 49. 
New York to Montreal and returr 
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad {via Avon Springs or Portage).... 

New Y'ork Central and Hudson River R. R 

lUica and Black River R. R. (ria Trenton Falls) 

Steamer 

Eoyal Mail Line Steamers 

Grand Trunk Railway 

Champlain Divison, D. A H. C. Co's Lines 

Champlain Division, D. A H. C. Co's Lines or Lake Champlain Steamer 

Saratoga Div., Del. A Hud. C. Co's Lines 

Lake George Steamer 

Stage 

Saratoga Div., Del. A Hud. C. Co's Lines 

Saratoga Div., Del. A Hud. C. Co's Lines 

Day Line Hudson River Steamers 



to Binghdintou 

to Junction 

to Cooperstown 

to Richfield Spiingi 

to Utica 

toClajton 

to Al( xandna Bay 

to Montreal 

to Rouses Point 

to Plattshurgh 

to Ft Ticonderoga 

to Baldwin 

to Caldwell 

to (lien's Falls 

to 'Saratoga 

to \lbany 

to New York 



..to Niagara Falls 443 

..to Utica 211 

..to Clayton 108 

..to Alexandria Bay... 12 

..to Montreal liiS 

..to Rouse's Point 50 

..to Plattsburgli 23 

..to Ft. Ticonderoga... 68 

..to Baldwin 5 

..toCaldweU 36 

..to Glen's Falls 9 

..to Saratoga 23 

..to Albany 38 

..toNewY'ork 142 



FAITH. 



41 



THERE'S ROOM AT THE TOP. 
Tliey say the |>iofessi()n.s are crowded 

By seekers for tiiiiie and lor Ineiul ; 
That their meiiibeis are pusliiii}; each otlie 

As cIo.se as their t'ootstei)S eaii tread. 
But be not di.scoiiraged, my l)rother, 

Nor suffer exertion to slop, 
Tliough tliousand.^ are pressing around yoi 

Tliere is plenty of room at tlie top. 
Be true to tliy love and thy country — 

The dastard wins never a ]irize ; 
But the earnest are over the victors. 

And he who on justice relies, 
Who wins the good guerdon by labm. 

Will garner sweet rest as liis crop. 
And find, us the hills sink l)(lo\\ liim. 

That there's room enough at ilie top. 
Oh ! let not the evil disturb you. 

There's good if you but search il oiil : 
Make pure thine own conscience, my broil 

Nor mind what the rest are aboul. 
And whether yonr work nuiy have lUllcii 

In sanctum, or office, or shop. 
Remember the low grounds are crowded. 

Hilt tbiMi'V always rnnm at 1bc toi,. 



TJIE Sllll' OK K.M'I'II. 

A CERTAIN cuIuhmI brnthcr ha.l l.rn, b,>l,l- 
ing forth t.. lii> littl,. ti..,k „|M.„ ihr ever 
fruitful topic of /''rr/VA. and be .-Insrd lii< cxbnr- 
tatiun above as fnlluws: 

.My bniddreii, cf yons swine to j;it saved, ynii 
!iOt to ,git on board de !^hip ob Fnitli. I tell ymi. 
my bruddrcn, dere ain't no odder way. Kcic 
ain't no gittiug up de back .stairs, nor goin' iin.^s 
lots; you can't do dat way. my Intiddren. you 
i;i)t to git on board de Ship of l":iitb. (bice 
pon a time dere was a lot of colnrcil |ii'n|.lc. an 
doy was all gwine to dc pminiMil laii<l. Will, 
dey knowod dere want no odder way for 'cm to 
ilo but to git on board de Ship of Faitli. So 
.ley all went down an' got on board, dc ole gran- 

t)oard 'ceptin' one nions us big feller, lu' said lic',> 
gwine to swim, he was, "'^"y'!' dey said, you 
can't swim so fur like dat. It am a iiowrrful 
long way to de ]iromiscd land' " lie said. '■ I 
kin swim anywhur. I kin. I nit board no boat, 
no, deed!" ' Well, my brmldr. n, all dey .ould 
say to dat poor disluded man dey couldn't git 
bim on board de Ship of Faitb, so dey starti'd 
ofl'. De day was fair, de win' ri<:bt ; de suti sliinin' 



and ..v'ryt'ing b'utibul. an' dis l,i- feller be p.ill 
off bi.s clo.se and plunge in de water. Well, be 
was a powerful swimmer, dat man, "deed he war; 
lie war dat powerful he kep' right 'long side de 
boat all de time ; lie kep' a hollerin' out to de 
people on d(! boat, -sayin' : •' What you doin' dere, 
vou folks, brillin' in de sun: you better come 
iluwi, bcah in dc water, nic,. ail' ".-ool down hvrvr 
Hut ,1.\ said: '-Man alive, you better come up 
li,-rc ill .lis boat while y.m got a chance. ' Kul 
be sai.l. ■■ .\.i. iii.lccily I I git aboard no boat ; 
Im bavin' jilenty fun in de water." Well, 
biiM.-by. my brii.l.l'ren. what do y..ii link .lat p.irc 
niMii s.vn/ .1 hnnihl,-. ,urfiil ^h.nh. my Imiil- 
.Ir.ii: moid' wi.l.- ..[..■n. I. ■.I' nmre'n a I'o.it long, 
ready l.i cliaw .lat p.ir.' man all up de minute he 
catch him. Well, when he s.rn dat shark he 
begun to git awful scared, an' he holler <nit to de 
folks on board deship: "Take me on board, take 
me on board, quick!" Kut dey say: "No, 
inilccil; yt'U wouldn't com.' up hen- wh.n you 
hail an invite, you got ti> swim now. " 

lie look over his should.'r an' he seen dat 
shark a-coiniii'. an' hi^ let his.self out. Fust il 
was d.' man an den it was ,dc shark, an' den il 
was.leman again, dat ;iw;,_\..ny bni.l.l..,-, y./»/» 

t„ ,/-• ,,n,wis,-,/ land. Dat am .I.' bl.->.-.l Ir ' 

I'm a tcllin' y.m dis minute. What do you t'ink 
was awaitin' for him on de odder sluire when he 
^i.t .1,'r.' '' A horriUi', awful Hon, my brnddrcn, 
w:is ;i -tan in dere on de .shore, a-lasliin' his .sides 
wi.l lii> t;iil. an' a-roarin' away fit to devour dat 
p.i.ir nigger de minit he git on dc shore. Well 
hi' iritr powerf'id seared den, he don't know what 
hi' gwine to do. If he .stay in de water de shark 

.Ml bim ii|.: if II.' - I .I.' >li.ire de lion eat him 

lip II.' .liiniu. what to .1... Hut he put his tru.st 
in .h' l-..nl. ;i.n' w.'iil i'or .1.' .-Imr.'. Dat lion he 
give a fearful r..ar an' b..iin.l f.r him; but. my 

horrible awful lion lie jumjied clean ober dat pore 
filler's head in de, water; an' de xharh eat de 
lion. Hut, my bruddrcn, don't put your trust 



lat 



Silt 



,,..1. but I t.'ll y.ni ./, Lord „n,l 
nihil II liiiii for eve.fj) iiii/ife.r! 

A Kit NTHVM.-VN traveling in a.strc. 
;■ bell strap vigorously, and made tin 



each end. •' What are you ringiug at both ends 
for'?" said the conductor ; 'Because 1 wish the 
thing to stop at both ends." 



EXCURSION No. 74. 
"ew ^o-k 4o "o-t-ea' ard return 

"i iik.LlkLrii. m>nv.st(inl iilr a^,,,, \m)ii s,,„„(,, or 1 oit i;,. ) 
■Jurkdiitril iiid AikNou Uivir 1 I 
aaudBUckKiMrlt li (i m Trcnluii 1 ull&j 



.Hud < anal Cus Lineb 
]Iud ( du il ( s Lines oi Lake rhainplain Steamer 
[ud * anal f os I ines 



Siratiigi DiMsii) 
Sai itoi,l I>i\isio 
Uij Iinelludw) 



loHajlun 

tu AUxjiidrialin 

to OgdcUi»l)Ui^ 

to I rcicott 

to Ottawa 

to Slontrcal 

to Rouse s Point 

to Plattsburtli 

to Ft TiLoudi ro„ i 

to Baldwin 

to Caldwell 

to (.1( n 3 Falls 

to Saratoga 

to Albaiiv 

to New 'iork 



New York, Lake Erie and W< 
Delaware, Lackawanna and \ 
Utica and Black Eiver R. R. (; 
Steamer 

Steamer 

Ferry 

rana(l:ic .uiiul l:ail«:,:. 

Otl^nv^i l:,.. , \,,M 



EXCURSION No. 78. 
New York to Montreal and return. milks. 

Railroad to Blnghamton 4ir, 

■n R. R to Utica 95 

■enton FuIIm to Clayton 10.S 

.'. to Alexandria Bay... 12 

toMorristown 20 

toBrockville 1 

toOttewa 76 

s Steam i^ to Montreal 12.'^ 

Gruri I I to Rouse's Point 50 

C1km,i| ; , ,, h ,,, h. 1 A Hud. C. Co's Lines .'. to Plattsburgh 2X 

('iKiinj.: Ill I 'n 1)1. I ■. 1. ,4 Hud. C. Co's Lines or Lake Cliamplain Steamer to Ft. Ticonderoga... 68 

Saial.jg:i lii%isiou, I>l1. & Hud. C. Co's Lines to Saratoga. 61 

Saratoga Division, Del. & Hud. C. Co's Lines to Albany 3S 

Day Line Hudson River Steamers to New York 142 

Bate, .... S36.00 

EXCURSION K. X. 19. 
New York to Montreal and return. miles. 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad (via Avon Springs or Portage) to Niagara Falls 443 

New York Central and Hudson River R. R to Lewiston 7 

.Steamer to Toronto 36 

Orand Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Line Steamers to Montreal Sns 

Grand Trunk Railway to Rouse's Point ...... ."iO 

Champlain Div., D. &. H. Canal Co's Lines to Plattsburg. 2:1 

Charaplain Div., D. & H. Canal Co's Lines or Lake Champlain Steamer to Ft. Ticonderoga... 63 

Saratoga Division, D. & H. Canal Co's Lines to Baldwin 5 

Lake George Steamer to Caldwell 3« 

Stage to Glen's Falls 9 

Saratoga Division, D. A H. Canal Co's Lines to Saratoga. 23 

Saratoga Division, 1). ,t H. Canal Co's Lines to Troy 32 

New York Central ai.d Huds.in River U. R to New York 148 

Kate, - - . . !S,35.50 



■ York, Lake Eri 



EXCURSION K. X. iao. 
New York to Montreal and return. 



1 anil Hudson Rim i U R 
' > ) IT liotal Mill LiULbie: 



to Niagara Falls.. 

to Lewiston 

to Toronto 

to Montreal 

to Rouse's Point.. 



50 



i .\ 11. Canal Co's L1.1..S 

.A II. Can il ( 8 Lines or Lake Champlain 



Chanii.hiin I 

Saratoga Division 

Lake George Steamer 

Stage 

Saratoga Division, D. A H. < anal Co s Lini s 

Saratoga Division, D. A H. C in il ( o s I ines 

People's (Night) Line Hudson Rivi r '-ti mnr 

Kate, 



to Plattsburg 23 

to Ft. Ticonderoga... 68 

to Baldwin S 

to Caldwell 86 

to Glen's Falls 9 

to Saratoga 23 

to Albany 88 

to New York 142 



J 



It.MMUtAD HK.\l»rN(;S. 



EPITAPHS 



Near Sun Diego, t';il 

(111 thus reads : 

■This ycre is saltrid lu 
■ 1, who caini lo his d 

of the old kind, brass iiiouiitid mid of s 



lias this stanza 



And oisl lis l.irly .l..ll:ii-v." 
The following lines are appropriate enough 
tombstone of one who had lead a seltisli an 



' Here lies a man wlio did no good, 
And if he'd lived he never would ; 
Where he's gone or how he fares, 



■ed a life of virtue and died of the chohira lunrbus, 
laling green fruit, in the hope of a hitssed iinnior- 
Ihe early age of 21 years, 7 mouths and 16 days. 
. thou and do likewise." • 



AN ACTORS TRIUMPH. 

Creat efteet.s upon the stage are produced only 
\<\ great pre|)aration. When Charlotte Cushinan 
lilayed the part of Mig Merrillrs, and .letVerstm enaet.s 
the iiait (if Jlip Ian iri'nWe, and Sotlurn produces 
l.riid Dundriiinj, our delight and .satisfaction are the 
result of a profound anil untiring application of 
the actor to study of the art ; and no man or woman 
can hold audiciu'cs for a lifetime without that pre- 
paration which great artists always give to great 
rcmccptions. There was once an Knglish actor So 
Icrrilily in carui'st with the study of his profession, 
lliat he made a mark on his generation never ex- 
ceeded liy any other tragedian ! He was a litth', 
(lark man, with a voice naturally harsh, hut he 
determined, when comi>aratively young, to play the 
character of <Si> Giles Overreach, in Massinger's 
drama, as no other man ever played it before. He 
resolved to give years of indefatigable industry in 
jircparing himself for the part, and to devote his 
whole intellect to a proper conception of the char- 
acter. In the whole range of Engligh dnimatie 
literature, the character of Sir OiUs is estimated 



line of the greatest pieces of etfective villany and lui- 
taiiialde i)xs.si(m ever portrayed, and little Kdmuiid 
Kcan .set himself to the task of j)ro<lucing on the 
I>ondon stage all the etVect which the author in- 
f<-iuled. With what intensity lie studied the lan- 
guage, how he flung himself, with a kind of rage, 
into the feeling of the piece, all his biographci-x 
have recorded. His wife .sjiid that he would often 
remain up all night before the pier-gla.ss, endeavor- 
ing to realize, by gesture, modulation and action, 
the conception at which he had arrived. At last, 
after repejited refusals of the management to appear 
as Sir Giles, Sixying he was not ready yet, and must 
still give more time to the rehearsal, he consented to 
have the play announced, lus now he felt he c(nild 
do it justice. And what was the eftect of all this 
hard work and unceasing study of the part ':" For- 
tunately we know all about it, although Keaii 
jilayed it on that memorable evening more than 
fifty years ago. It wa.s one of the grandest eti'ects 
ever witnessed on the English stage. AVe have 
accounts from various eye-witnesses of the .sensiition 
and the enthusia.sm the presentation of this char- 
acter produced, when Keari, full ripe for the occasion, 
came upon the stage as Sir Giles ; and some of the 
triumphs of that wonderful evening in ix(il, at 
Drury Lane, are well known. It was obscrx cd that 
when he walked in from the wings there was thai 
in his burning eye which betokened greater deter- 
mination than usual, and Ix)rd Byron, who wa.s in 
a st!ige-bo.\, whispered to the poet Moore, that 
something dreadful was written on the great actor's 
countenance, something more suggestive of power 
even than he had ever noticed before. And never 
till then, in the history of the stage, wa.s there 
witnessed such an e.vhibition of forceful endeavor. 
Throughout the whole play Kean bore himself 
like a lury ; but it was reserved for the last scene 
to stamp an impres-sion which existed during the 
lifetime of all who were present. The great actor 
himself shook like a .strong oak in the whirlwind 
of his pii.s.sionate vengeance, as displayed in the 
closing sentences of the play, and when he was 
removed from the stage, his face, turned lo the 
spectators, was so awful, that Byron was seized 
with a convulsive fit, and fell forward pale as death 
it.self. The solemn stillnessofthe house was broken 
by screams of terror fron\ boxes and gallery ; the 
pit ro.se en masse. Mrs. Glover, an actress of long 
e.vperience and great talent, fainted outright on the 
stage ; Mrs. Horn, who was also playing in the piece, 
staggered to a chair and wept aloud at the appalling 
sightof Kean's agony and rage. Munden, a veteran 
on t\w boards, who played the ])art of Marall, stood 
so transfixed with a.stoni.shment and terror that he 
had to be carried oft" from the scene by main force, 
his eyes rivet<'d on Kean's convulsive and awful 
countenance. The actor that night was master of 
the situation, and profound and earnest .study gave 
him the due to his great a(>hicvement. 



SUMMER EXCURSION ROUTES.— ADVERTISEMENTS. 



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JfWirffifff|fir|iirji;|[ pp 






i. i 



GIBSON HOUSE, 



Fourth aiHf Walnut Strerfs. 



CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



CARROLLTON HOTEL, 

HAT.TIIVIORI^:, LICillT and aER^lA?^ ST^ 
BALTIMORE, MD. 




RATES REDUCED TO $3.00 AND $2.50 PER DAY, 

l( < illtlll Mi /O l.(KMI(>\ III- ItOOMS. 

lilirs ol rily |ia>sri]i;ri cars pa» its ilciirs. 



.\IA(iAr>\ F\I,1,S. 

MA(iAl!A 




~\^<)i li I Miiii\ Is foiiiplftcd. Villi arc at Niagar 
^ J ^ 11 liiM trouscil the ontiro luiij'th of the E 



I 1 twccii Vew Yurk and Niagara Falls (444 
\ 1 i\li^lit have passed throu-rh the heautiful 
\ill(\ .if thu P:ts.--aic: llinmuh the historir 
n_'iim <if the Katna|Mi Mini llic rich dairv- 
liiiiK 111 Orange rnimt v : Ikim- n-ossed the 
^iMwaiigiink nir.-,- ..f Miniinfaiiis ; 



■111.. 



ujiper Oelawaiv regiim; liave 
f'lillowed the ineanderings of the 
Sus,,,iehanna.('lunMingandCa 
ni^Iro I!lMr>; l,;,v,. witnessed 
ihe lapid- and fall- nl' llir 
i;rnes,.e Kiver: and new. ti. 
iTnwn all, jou are face tn faee 
uiti, the Falls iif Niagara. euMi- 
nuuiding the ninsi ini,-nsr and 

awe-insi.iriuu' adniirali f the 

..liMiver. Ailhougii our artist 
lias skillfully piirtrayed in the 
acrunijiaiiyiiig eiit iiiie of the 



le,,na.e 



•a of the suhlimity 
Iheseene. The eye 
ist see the great viil- 

I earing over the 
rocks and hurrying 
madly toward thi' 
l.reciiiice over 
wl,i,-h they jilunge 
iiiio the seething 
liism 1.1 till Ni 
ig.ira niiu hundicd 
itid sivts iut hi 
Us ind th. , I. 
must hi II till til 
mciiJiiUMoii lit the 
1 itdrait — iiiindtd 
IS It is* with the 
Miito of the great 
^uhltut — 111 ui 
der to appreciate 
Nia-ara. 



EXCURSION K. X. 21. 
New York to Montreal and return. 



New York, Lake Erie and We^K-rii li iilro ill i \ 
New York Central and Hudson River K K 

Steamer .' 

Grand Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Line feteiiii(.r 

Grand Trunk Railway 

Champlain Div., Del. & Hud. Canal ( o s Lines 
Champlain Division, Del. & Hud. C inal Co s Lines o 
Saratoga Division, Del. 4 Hud. Can-il ( o s Lines 
Saratoga Division, Del. & Hud. Can il ( o s I mes 
New York Central and Hudson Ri\er Railroad 
Rate, 



MILES. 

to Niagara Falls 443 

to Lewiston 7 

to Toronto S6 

to Montreal 333 

to Rouse's Point 60 

to Plattstmrgh 23 

to Ft. Ticonderoga.. 68 

to Saratoga 61 

to Troy 32 

to New York 148 



EXCURSION K. X. 22. 
New York to Montreal and return. 



New York, Lake Erie and W csterli R illway (i m Avo 
New York Central and Hudson Kner R K 

Steamer 

Grand Trunk Railway or Uoj al Mail Line Steamers 

Grand Trunk Railway 

Champlain Division, Del. & Hu.l C Co s Lines 
Champlain Division, Del. <& Hud C Cos Lines or 1 ' 
Saratoga Division, Del. & Hud ( Co s Lines 
Saratoga Division, Del. & Hud C Co s I ines 
People's (Night) Line Hudson Ri\er Stnniers 
Kate 



i Cli impWin Steamer 



to Niagara Falls 443 

to Lewiston 7 

to Toronto Hd 

to Montreal 333 

to Rouse's Point 50 

to Plattsburgh 23 

to Ft. Ticonderoga. . 68 

to Saratoga 61 

to Albany , SS 

to New Y'ork 142 



EXCURSION K. X. 26. 
ew York to Montreal and return. 



New Y'ork, Lake Eric and Western Railroad (i'i« Avon Springs or Portage)... 

New York Central and Hudson River R. R 

Steamer 

Grand Trunk Railway or Roy il Mall Line Steamtrs 

Grand Trunk Railway 

Champlain Division, Del i Hud C f o s 1 in(s 

Champlain Division, Del & Hud ( ( o s I incs or Lake Champlain Steamer 

Saratoga Division, Del <S, Hud C fo'^Lines 

Lake George Steamer 

Stage 

Saratoga Division, Di I & Hud C ( o's Lines 
Saratoga Division, Del & Hud ( ( o's Lines 
Day Line Hud.son RiMrStiamors 



..to Niagara Falls 443 

..to Lewiston 7 

to Toronto 86 

to Montreal 333 

to Rouse's Point 50 

to Plattsburgh 23 

to Ft. Ticonderoga... 68 

to Baldwin 8 

to Caldwell SB 

to Glen's Falls 9 

to Saratoga 23 

to Albany 38 

to New York 142 



EXCURSION K 
lew York to Montrea 



X. 27. 



New York, Lake Erie and Western Hailroa.l (n'" •\v"m Springs or Portage) 

New York Central and Hudson River R. K 

Steamer 

Grand Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Line Steamers 

Grand Trunk Railway 

Champlain Division, Del. & Hud. C. Go's Lines 

Champlain Division, Del. 4 Hud. C. Co's Lines or Lake Champlain Steamer. 

Saratoga Division, Del. A Hud. C. Co's Lines 

Saratoga Division, Del. & Hud. C. Co's Lines 

Day Line Hudson River Steamers '. 

Rat«, .... 830.50 



MILKS. 

■ to Niagara Falls 443 

■ to Lewiston 7 

.to Toronto 36 

to Montreal 333 

to Rouse's Point SO 

to PlatUburgh 23 

to Ft. Ticonderoga... 68 

to Saratoga 61 

,to Albany....; 38 

to New York 142 



M AGAR A VAiA.>. 



Tlie Niagani River, the strait or link connect- 
iii^' the two great lakes, Erie and Ontario, though 
liut thirty-four miles long, yet passes in that 
lirief space through a tremendous struggle witli 
the rock-ribbed battlements whicli line and trav- 
erse its current. In those thirty-four miles it 
accomplishes a total descent of three hundred 
and thirty-four feet, fifty-one feet of which it 
descends in the space of three-quarters of a mile 
ill the Rapids which mark its approach to the 
tcn-ible leap of nearly two hundred feet more — 
tli(! world renowned Falls of Niagara. 

Over this great cataract has been pouring 
cciuselessly through the centuries of the pa.st, 
with a deafening roar of a thousand thunders, a 
torrent of water three-fourths of a mile wide 
;iiid twenty feet in depth, or an aggregate, it is 
lalculated, of a hundred millions of tons pef 
huur. X(i wciiidcr that to this grandest of natu- 
I'lil sliiiiies the untutored aborigines were wont 
111 come yearly to worship their Great Spirit and 
jinipitiate him by the sacrifice of an Indian 
maiden, sent down on the current in a flower- 
laden canoe to her death in the terrible vort<,\ 
MO wonder that they led thither the first mission 
arics who penetrated these wilds and pointtd ui 
speechless awe to the mighty cataract ; and n > 
wiiiider that in the.se later days thou.sands ui 1 
tli.iusaTiils of tiiurists fruni every part of tl i 



their destination, and stand gazing in mut<! sur- 
prise, as did the savage and the priest before 
them, at this wonder of the world. 

From the American side of the I'^ills the visi- 
tor has access to the various rocky island.^ — Goat, 
Chapin's, Luna and the Three 8i.stei-s — which 
break the face of the falls and enable him to 
overlook its very brink midway in the river's 
current. From this side, too, he descends to the 
Cave of the Winds, and may visit the Whirlpool. 
riiMsiii Tiiwcr and the Devil's Hole. 

I'niin the Canada side, opposite, which is 
reached by a wire suspension bridge 12(iS feet 
long, may be viewed the magnificent sweep of 
the cataract known as the Horseshoe Fall (1 !)()(• 
feet acro.ss), the Burning Spring, the liistmir 
village of Chippewa and the battle-field of I, mm 
dy's Lane. Or, by a railroiid running on an 
inclined plane, from a point on the .Vmericaii 
side near the brink of the cataract, the visitor 
may descend to the river directly below the 
Falls, and looking upward at them from the 
deck of the ferrv-boat which plies from shore to 
shon miy mou th m bdore reili/c the nnui(,nMt\ 
ind gruuUui of th( Mene It will K i\( in hi-, 
numory m iinjmsM m iiid sdivc <f ilnmiii ii 
th It 1 lift tiiiK will not ^i.r\L to i iiidu it 

Further on we juiprsi ti illu-ti t tl i 
tents ind plHc- < f n ti il n^ th liii il tins 
1 brat, d r< . 1 




SUMMER EXCURJ^IOX ROUTES. 
Montreal — Quebec. 



Grand ' 
Champl 



EXCURSION K. X. 
lew York to Montreal ;nd 




EXCURSION K. X. 13^:. 
New York to Quebec and retun 



Passu m 
Central 
ConncrT 
New Y> 



EXCURSION K. X. 188. 



siun, Del. .<: Hu.l. f. CoN lines.. 
1 Division, D'l. A Hiui. C. Co's Lines.. 
Day Line Hudson River Steamers 



Niagara I'alls 44:^ 



RAILROAD RKAI)IN( 



EXCURSION K. X. 189. 
Hew York to Quebec and relurn. 



CO Niagara J alls 44 ! 
to Irfslston 

to Toronto 1i 

t) Montreal Hi 

I > yuil) ( 172 




IKiW 'I'o 

rn.\( 



S' 



^(■I•:NT. 

ft Ilotiso, 
, fbppi.sh- 



liiukiiiu ;j:eiitlciinii, lii.s giiriueiits very highly 
scented witli a niiiiirlcd uder of musk and eulngne. 
A soleiiiii-faeed old man, at'tor pas-sing tlie dandy 
several times with a lonk <if aviM-sion wliieh drew 
U'enoral notice, suddenly sto])])ed and in a eonfi- 
dontial tone, said : 

" Stranjrer, T know wliat'll take that seent <mt 
lit' your clothes; you " 

'■ What do j-ou moan, sir? " said the excpiisite. 
lircd with indignation, starting from his chair. 

• Oh, get mad now — swear, pitch around and 
fight, because a man wants to do you a kindness ! "' 



i-iHilly re|ilied I lie stranuiT. 
,/., hnnir wlialll lak.> out thai 
must hury your clothes ; Imr 
rncleJosh"got afoul of a .ski 
.\t that instant there went 
a simultaneous roar of ineirin 
very sensibly "cleared tli<' eo 
stairs. 



But 111 tell vou I 



. ,lay or 
id he— •• 



.\.v (H,n deacon .«aid to a profiiiio young man. 
wild sat near him in the cars: "You are on the 
straight road to perdition." The young man drew 
his ticket from his pocket, and after tvirofully scru- 
tinizing it, said : "Just my infernal luck, I bought 
a ticket far Bntnxtvick." 



SUMMER EXf'T'RSTOX ROT'TEP 




A TALE OF HORROR. 

"Ol.l iiuin, old ni:iii, l'(ir wliom . (ligg'st tl 
this grave?"' 

I ask'd as I walk'd aloug ; 
Kor I saw in the heart of London .stret-ts 

A dark and a busy throng. 
Twas a strange, wild deed '.—lint ;i wildir 

Of the parted sonl, to lie 
'Jlidst the tronhled numbers of living imi 

"Who would pass him idly by ! 

So I said, "Old man, I'm- Avlxnn .li-fi'.-l I 
this grave 

In the heart of London town ■.' " 
Anil thcdciii-tonedvoiceof thediggern-jilie 1 

■■ AVc'ic ^! laying a gas-pipe down ! '" 



DRIFTING. 

IN our |ilrlurc' on the opposite pai; ^^ 
liavc a di-l'iLiliirul summer experi ii 
of floatinfj; on g(!ntle waters with fair com 
panions. It" lifj is ever enjoyable, it must 
be when Inends are together in a bo it, 



gliding under spreading branches, flecked with 
radiant spots of sunlight, or floating over placid 
open waters, bathed in the rich glow of the 
balmy air. A poet writes: 

"All in the gay and golden weal her, 
Two fair maids and an idle man, 

Sailed in a birchen boat together, 
And sailed the way the river ran. 

The sun wa.s low, not set, and the west 

"Was colored like a robin's breast. 

And they were happy and well content 

Sailing the way the river went." 
Many of us could be content to "sail the way 
the river went" — to float along through rocky 
glens, by grassy banks, under shadowy arcades, 
between sunny meadows, listening to the ripple 
of the current, and dreaming of a life full of 
sweetness, like the stream we float u]ion. 

"My Brudders,"' said a waggish colored man 

to a crowd, "in all infliction, in all ob yer troubles, 

dar is one place you can always find sympathy?"' 

^^ hir ' whai ' shouted seA ernl " In do dJL-tion- 

i\ he leplied, rolling his ejes skyward. 




White Mountains. 



WHITE MOUNTAINS. 

EXCURSION K. X. 18Q 
York to White Mountains and 



New York, Lake Em ilid \\ (.stem Ulllio id (iw \iuu ^ljnii),i t 
New York Central and Hudson Ri\er R R 

Grand Trunk Railni) or Roy il 'Mail Line bteaniers 
Grand Trunk Railn a> or Rov il Mail Line Steamers 
Grand Trunk Railw ij . 

Stage 

Stage 

Mount Washington Railwav 
Boston, Concord and Moiitieal K uiro ul 
Portland and Ogdensburg R U 
Portland and Ogdensburg R R 
Boston, Concord and Montreal R R 
Profile and Francoiiii Notch R R 
Profile and Franeoiii i Notch R R 
Boston, Concord and Montrtal Jt R 
Montpelier and Wells Ri>ei R R 
Central Vermont R P 
Lake Champlain Sti aim rs 
Saratoga Div., Del, & Hud ( (.os Lines 
Lake George Steamer 

Stage 

Saratoga Div., Del. S. Hud C Co's Lines 
Saratoga Div., Del. A Hud ( Co s I im s 
Day Line Hudson Rivtr steamers 



loNus,.ri I ills 


tit 


toUwiston. 




to Toronto 




to Montreal 


Wl 


to Quehei 


172 


toGoihim 


ii6 


to Glen House 




to Tip-Top House 




to Base Mt W.ash n 




to Fabyan House 




to Crawford House 




toFibyinHouse 




to Bethlehem 




to Profile House 




to Bethlehem 




to^\ellsRlvel 




to Montpelier 




to Burlington 




to 1 1 Ticonderoga 




to Baldwin 




to Caldwell 




to Glen's Jails 




to Saratoga 




toAlbun 


IS 


toNe« York 


142 



EXCURSION K. X 


1.S7. 






New York <o White Mountain 








Ni-w York, Lake Erie and Western Railroael {ria Avon Springs or Po 

New York Central and Hudson River R. 11 

Steamer 

Grand Trunk Railway or l:.i.v;,l M .,1 1 ,i,. -U'amers 

Grand Trunk Railway or U.ix ui Mnl 1 ,,,- st.araers : 

Grand Trunk Railway 


t^ee) 


to^l.lgar^^.Ils 
loL(«iston 
to Toronto 
to Montreal 
to Quebec 
to Oorham 
to Glen House 
to Tip-Top House 
to Base Mt W ash n 
to Fabyan House 
to Crawford House 
to Fabvan House 
to Bethlehem 
to Profile House 
to Bethlehem 
to Wells River 
to Montpelier 
to Burlington 
to Ft Ticonderoga 
to Baldwin 
to Caldwell 
to Glen's Falls 
toSlratoga 
to Albany 


7 

!.! 
I 2 
226 
8 
9 
3 
6 
5 

14 
14 
30 
3S 
41 
56 

5 
S6 

9 

.18 
142 


Stage 

Sta"e 


Mount Washington Railway 

! Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R 

Portland and Ogdensburg B. E 

Portland and Ogdensburg R. E 

Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R 

Profile and Franconia Notch R. R 

Profile and Franconia Notch R. R 

Roston, Concord and Montreal R. R 

Montpelier and Wells River R. E 




Saratoga Division, Del. & Hud. C. Co's Lines 


Saratoga Division, Del. & Hud. C. Co's Lines 

Saratoga Division, Del. & Hud. C. Co's Lines 








Kate, 


«59.7J; 







TOTJTIf'AL gilAUFICATIOXS. 



53 



SUMMER AGAIN. 
Tlie softening snow, tlie ice-bound drii)pinf; eaves, 

riir swelliu;; buds tliat promise future leaves; 
'\'\tt: merry murmur of the road-side stream, 

Tin' sunset.s fair and gorgeous as a dream — 

All tell of spring. 
Anollier lovely Juno is near at hand; 
Anotlier summer hovers o'er the land; 
Soon bright July and .sultry August days 
Will warm the earth, and hang the hills with haze, 



I'OLITKJAL yl ALIFICATIONS. 

A BOUT a dozen years ago Governor Y 

-^^^ and Judge W were candidates for 

('iiiii;ri'ss in une of the wildest of the Arkansas 
ilistricts. Tiiey were both far-sighted, shrewd 
l»ililicians — tlie Judge tlie better lawyer and 
iii'l)alcr, the Governor by far the more winning 
ill his manner, as the sequel will fully establish. 
( lih' li.i( (liiy ill July, while they were travelling 
in-,ili,r on llic eanvass, they came upon a party 



the 



\- nu'ii or more assembled on the roadside 
purjiose of having a shooting-match. 



Think iiig it a good time and place for presenting 
lluiir respective claims, the Governor proposed 
stopping. They halted, and the Governor soon 
made liimself at home. He bought a number of 
chances in the "match," and, being a good 
marksman, succeeded well, winning quite a quan- 
lity of beof, which con.stituted the prize. The 
.Judge had coii.scientious scruples as to shooting- 
iiiMtches, and did not participate, but stood by 
ii]iiv<rsiiig wiili tlu^ more sober of the crowd, 
wiiile his fricinl, tlic Governor, was in high glee 
with his companions over their beef. When the 
lieef was given out to the successful shooters our 
(iovernor ordered his to bo divided among some 
poor widows, who he ascertained lived in the 
\ icinity, and then asked the b'hoys if they were 
not "dry." Of course they were, and the Gov- 
I'rnor generously ordered a plentiful supply of the 
•oh be joyful!" Here again the Judge had 
■scruples, and did not participate ; but, had it been 
■ ilherwi.so, it would have availed nothing. The 
ilovernor was decidedly the man at the shooting 
match, while the Judge felt himself emphatically 
ill the vocative. Jicaving their friends, they pro- 
ceeded on their way some twelve or fifteen miles, 
and halted at a camp-ground where the annual 
camp-meeting Ivas being held. They .separated 
in the crowd, each clci-tioiiccriiiL; with ;ill liis 



might, with old and young, friends and strangers 
■ — making hay while the sun shone — for there 
was indeed a fine opening. Toward night the 
Judge began to look around for his distinguislied 
opponent, but could find him nowhere. He 
waited patiently till evening services began, and 
concluded he would go to the large .shed where 
the peojile had n.ssembled for meeting, thinking 
perhaps he might meet his friend. On going out, 
what was his astonishment to find the gallant 
Governor, the hero of the shooting-match, in 
front of the altar, surrounded by ministers and 
class leaders, with a hymn-book in his hand, head 
thrown back, singing, as loud as lungs would 
permit, 

"From that numient," said the Judge, "I gave 
up all hopes. 1 tell you, a man that's good for 
a camjj-meeting and a shooting niiitch ciin't he 
beat for Congress; it can't he iloiie. sir! " 

And .so it jiroved. 

KILLINGS INSURES IllS LIFE. 

I KUM ti) the conclusion lately that life was so 
onsartin that the only way for me to stand a fare 
chance with other folks was to get my life insured, 
and so I kalled on the agent of the Garden 
Angel Life Insurance Co., and answered the fol- 
lowing questions w^hich were put tii me, over 
the top of a pair of specs, by a sleek old fellow, 
with a round gray head on him as any man ever 
owned : Are yu mail or fcmail ? if so, stjite liow 
long yu liave been so. Had yu a father or 
mother? if so, which ? Are yu subject tu fits'? 
and if so, du yu have mure than one at a time ? 
What is your precise fiting wate '? Did yu ever 
have any ancestors ? and if so, how much '! Bu 
yu have any nightmare '? Are yu married or 
single, or are yu a bachelor'? Have yu ever 
committed suicide? and if so, how did it affect 
yu ? After answering the above questions like 
a man in a confirmative, the slick little old fellow 
with gold sjieeks on sed I was insured fur life, 
and probably would remain so fur some years. 
I thanked him. and smiled mic nv my most pen- 
sive smiles. 

A PERSON visiting the Jjondon museum, was 
.shown the skull of Oliver Cromwell. " It is e.\- 
tremely small." said the visitor. " ( )h. " .said the 
-Hide.'- it wnsliis skull wllei, 1„. was a ti/l/r Aoy.'' 



White Mountains. 



EXCURSION K. X. 1'. >0. 

New York to While Mountains and return. 

MILKS. 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad {via Avon Springs or Portage) to Niagara Falls 443 

New York Central and Hudson River K. R to Lowiston 7 

Steamer to Toronto 36 

Grand Trunk Railway or Eoyal Mall Line Steamers to Montreal 333 

Grand Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Line Steamers to Quebec 172 

Grand Trunk Railway to Sberbrooke 121 

Passumpsic Railroad to Wells River 105 

Boston, Concord and Montreal R. r. to Bethlehem 30 

Profile and Francouia Notch R. R.! to Profile House 14 

Profile and Francouia Notch R. R to Bethlehem 14 

Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R to Fabyan House 9 

Portland and Ogdensburg R. R to Crawford House... 5 

Portland and Ogdensburg R. R ; to Fabyan House 5 

Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R to Wells River 141 

Passumpsic R. R to White Eiv. June. 40 

Central Vermont R. R to South Vernon 74 

Connecticut River R. R to Springfield 50 

New York, New Haven and Hartford R. R to New York.. 136 



Kate »41i.50 



EXCURSION K. X. 191. 

New York io White Mountains and return. 

MILES. 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad (iia Avon Springs or Portage) to Niagara Falls 443 

New York Central and Hudson River R. R to Lewiston 7 

Steamer to Toronto 36 

Grand Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Liue Steamers to Montreal 333 

Grand Trunk Railway to Gorham 206 

Stage to Glen House 8 

Stage .-. to Tip Top House.... 9 

Mount Washington Railway to Base Mt. Wash'n. 3 

Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R to Fabyan House 6 

Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R.... to Bethlehem 9 

Profileand Francouia Notch R. R to Profile House 14 

Profile and Fianconia Notch R. R to Bethlehem 14 

Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R to Concord 123 

Concord R. R 'o Nashua 35 

Boston and Lowell R. R to Boston 40 

Sound Steamers (via Fall River or Newport) to New York 230 



Rate 



EXCURSION I 
New York to White Mo 



MILKS. 

Springs or Portage) to Niagara Falls 443 

to Lewiston 7 

Steamer to Toronto 36 

Grand Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Line Steamers to Montreal 333 

Grand Trunk Railway to Groveton June.... 175 

Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R to Fabyan House 40 

Boston, Concord aud Montreal R. R to Base Mt. Wahs'n. 6 

Mount Washington Railway to Summit 3 

Stage.. 

Stage to North Conway., 

Eastern Raillroad •'• toBosto- 

Sound Steamers {via Fall River or Newport) to New York.. 




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SUMMER EXCURSION ROUTES.— ADVERTISEMENTS. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 

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l*i'(H>yi('toi's. 

ALBEMARLE HOTEL, 

EUROPEAN PLAN, 

Broadway, Fiftli Aa o. & 24tli St., Madison Square, 
N£:W YORK. 







Tlio attention of tlie travelini; iiublic is especialh- directed to this Hotel, wliieh 
located in the most beautiful portion of the city, ami is thorouglily first-elass 
every respect. 

L. H. JANVRIN & CO., Proprietors. 



GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL 

COLUMBIA, S. C. 
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TERMS FROM $2 TO $3 PER DAY, ACCORDING TO LOCATION OF ROOM. 



'II H KKTE CAXAL. 



TITF VHW CVWT 

nJ 1.1 »^ St 1 t M « i„ lllmuhubg.t 
two bolts pisMtij^ I canal lock Our 
illustration presents i scene at once charming in J 
lominlic Jounstft fi ijuintly ludul^c iii blioit 



tii| s on the ' ryin^ c in il " A )\'w days ]i:isscil 
il) ml one of thtbc bo its will aflord lots of fiin, 
md make m my a new awjuaintunce. Tlio routo 
traversed by this nnal is located alonj; the liclust 
and UK st 1 lutiful j rtionsof the Knijiire Stati', 
d tlic traveler never is 
ic-k, is seldoni out ol' 
sight of land, and in easi! 
of groat storms lie can 
jump ashore and ]iul up 
it my landint; io 
ni^ht. From the tow 
] ith and the canal boat 
li \ come some of the 
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58 


White 


Mountains. 






Ne 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Rail 
Now York Central and Hudson River R 
Sti-amcr 


EXCURSION K 
« York to White Moun 
oad(im V^on Springs 01 


X 

tains 
Port 


193. 
and return. 


MI 


LES. 

443 

7 

3G 
















to Toronto 


(irand Trunk Eailw;iy or Royal JIail Line Stean- 


























Charaplain Division, Dtl. & Ilud. C. Co's 
Lake Champlain Stcami-rs 


Lines.. 











to Plattsburgh 

to Burlington 


23 














toMontpelier 

to Wells River 




SI""'!' !^ . « :ii' -K.R 

Bj.stciii 1 ,1 i i M-iilrual R R 




38 




to Bethlehem 


30 


I'rolil-.l.i i . ur .:u,>.N.,tchR R 
















Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R 






to Fabyan House.... 




Portland and Ogdensburg R. R 






to Fabyan House... 

to Base Mt Wa.-ih'n 




Mt. Washington Railway 

Stage 










to Glen Houw 
























Boston and Maine R. R. or Eastern R. R 












toBosfn»'.'»|-*MH5 



Sound Steamers (r/ii Fall River or Newport).. 
Bate, 



EXCURSION K 


X 


194. 








New York to White Mountains 


and 


return 






i New York, Lake Erie and Wustern Railroad (,m Avon Springs or 


Pol 


vo 




toNugaiiFilK 


|.|S 


New York Central and Hudson River R. R 








to LLWiston 


7 


Steamer 








to Toronto 


36 !i 


Grand Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Line Steamers 








to Montreal 


103 




Grand Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Line Steamers 








to Quebec 


1-2 




Grand Trunk Rail way 








to Sherbrooke 


i:i 




Passumpsic Railroad 








to Wells Rum 


lOo 




Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R 








to Bethlehem 


10 1 ! 


Profile and Franconia Notch R. R....; 








toPiofileHousi 


n 


Profile and Franconia Notch R. R 








to Bethlehem 


14 


Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R 








to Fabyan House 


9 


Portland and Ogdensburg R. R 








to Crawford Hou.1 


5 


Portland and Ogdensburg B. R 








to 1 ^b^ an HtuiM 


■> 


Boston, Concord and Montreal E.E 








to Concord 


1 >l 


! Concord K. R 








to Ni.hu 1 




1 Boston and Lowell R. R 








to Boston 


40 


Sound Steamers (mo Fall River or Newport 1 








toNcw^ork 


210 


Kate. 


- 




»4,'>.75 






EXCURSION K 


X 


19 








New York to While Moun 


ains 


and 


return. 






New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad (. m ^von Springs or 


Portage) 




to Niagara Falls 


443 


New York Central and Hudson River R I 








to Lewiston 


71 










toToionto 
t ) Montreal 




Grand Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Line Steamers 


ill 


' Grand Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Line Steamers 








(iuebu 


I'i 


Grand Trunk Railway 








(■oiham 


220 


Stage 








( I n 11 u 


8 


Stage 










» 


: Stage 








II 


9 














Portland and Ogdensburg R. R 








-'' •'■■ ' '/.a^.^.: 




Boston and Maine R. R., or Eastern R R 












Sound Steamers (rJa Fall River or Newport) 








toNcw-iork 


230 




Kate. 


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$46.7S 






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TIIK TIIA.Ml' 



LOVE OF NATURE. 
VltKRK rose tin- iiiiiuTilains. iIkh' In liiin ui 

friends ; 
Vhere roli'd the ociiiii. tliiivuii «;i.s liis liomc : 
Vliere u blue sk.v, iiiid Klowiiig clime c-xt<-nds. 
fi- had the passion and the power to roam. 
he desert, lorest, eavern, breakers' foam 
Vere unto him eompanion.shii>; they spake 
L mutual language, clearer than the tone 
If his land's tongue, which he would oft Ibrsakc 
'or Nature's pages, gloss '<l l)y sunbeams on the l;il 
.ike the Chaldean, he could watch the stai's. 
"ill he had peopled them with beings bright 
is their own beams; and carlli,an<l earth-boni jn 
,nd human frailties, were for'intlcn (|uili-. 



m„r'M tw.. montlis, indcnl I 1, 
licvc I kin git it off at all. Pic: 

|{ut the unfeeling; young nu 
iiini more closely and insi.steil tl 
cunif lift', anil the smartest yc 
cnmimny said he'd pull it oft' t\, 

'• Indeed, yiaingiient. ' repliic 
m-ti<ally, ••! don't believe ynu 
It's been on so long I dun ( Ij. 
ii nil; T don't really." 

The jdung man advamccl ai 
in jerk oft' tile hat. but liie tr 



let me 


go on." 


rowded 


around 


the l.a 


.should 



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A' 



TK.VMI 

Innkill- II 



U'ot a little 



I'ivision iStreet, when he had to pass a knot of 
young men, and one of them a smart looking 
young chap, in a very gaiuey costume, and carry- 
ing a broad pair of shoulders and a bullet head, 
surmounted with a silver-gray plug hat, hung on 
his right ear, sang out, 

"Oh, shoot the hat' 

The poor tramp only looked moie dejected than 
ever, if pos.sible, and shook his head meekly and 
sorrowfully, and limped mi. But the young 
sport shouted after him : 

" Come back, j-imng fellow, and si'c Imw you'll 
trade hats ! " 

The outcast pau.sed and half turned, and said 
in mournful tones: 

" Don't make game of an onfortnit man, young 
gents. I'm poor and I'm sick, but I've the feel- 
ins of a man, an' I kin feel it when I'm made 
game of If ynii could give me a job of work, 
now — ' 

A chorus of laughter greeted this suggestion, 
and the smartest young man repeated his challenge 
to trade hats, and finally induced the mendicant 
to limp back. 

■• Take oflF your hat. " said the young man of 
Uiirlington, "and lei's see whose make it is. If 
it isn't Stetson's I wont trade." 

•Oh. that's Stetson 's,"ehorused thecrowd. ■He 
Wouldn't wear anything but a first-class hat." 

Hut the tramp replied, trying to limp away 
from the circle that was closing around him. 

■■ Indeed, young gents, dou't bo hard on a onfort- 
nit man. I dou't believe I could git that hat off'n 
my head ; I don't indeed. I hain't had it off fur 



young geiit.s, " he whined, -il 
a poor fellow as is lookin' for l 
I. I tell ye, yimng gents. T 
I. Ini nntlu" tran.i. when I 



:th 



B,- 



til. 



got til 

a poor " 

But the sportiug young man cut liini ntl 
• Oh. give us a rest and take oft' that hat." 
then he made a pass at the poor sick man 
but his hand met the poor, sick traniji's 
iii.stead. And then the ])nor man lifted • 
his hands about ;us high as a derrick, an 
next instant the silver-gray plug hat was cmwdi'd 
sn far dnvvn nii the young man's .shoulders that 
tlir points of the dog's eared collar were sticking 
up through the crown of it. And then the jioor 
sick man tried his other hand, and jiart of the 
crowd started off to help pick the young man 
out of a show window where he was .standing on 
his head, while the rest of the congregation was 
trying their level best to get out of the way of 
the poor sick trsmp, who was feeling about him 
in a vai;u.'. n ~tl. >s sort of way that made the 
street lami ■- mil. ,Mry time he found anybody. 
Long licl'nn am, nun could interfere the conven- 
tion had adjourned sine die, and the poor tramp, 
limping on his way, the very personification of 
wictcliednes.s, sighed as he remarked apologetic- 
ally tn the spectators : 

•• 1 tell you, gents, I'm a sick man; I'm too 
sick to feel like foolin' ; I'm jest so sick that 
when I go gropin' around for somethin' to lean 
up agin I can't tell a man from a hitchin' post ; 
I can't actuall}-, and when I rub agin anybody, 
nobody hadn't ought to feel hard at me. I'm 
sick, that's what I am. 



White Mountains. 



EXCURSION K. X. 197. 
York <a White Mountains and re 
1 Springs or Portage).... 



Steamer 

Grand Trunk Railway or Koyal Mail Line Steamers.. 

Grand Trunk Hailivay 

Passumpsic Railroad 

Boston, Omci.ivl aiul Montreal II. T. 

Prolilr .mmI ]- ni:i Xntch R. R 

PniHI, ,, I 1 hi \MU-hR.R 

Bu-t"i.,' ■ i V, .iiirealR. E 

.Purlhiii. i 'i.l i.^l.n.gll. R 

Portland and ( l-d.-nslmra R. R 

Eastern Railroad 

Sound Steamers {via Fall River or Newport) 



MILES. 

..to Niagara Falls 4-13 

..to Lowiston 7 

..to Toronto 36 

..lo Montreal 333 

..to Sherbrookc 101 

..to Wells River 105 

..to Bethlehem 30 

..to Profile House 14 

..to Bethlehem 14 

-lo Fabyan House 9 

..to Crawford House.. 5 

..to North Conway 2 

..to Boston 1.38 

..to New York 230 



EXCURSION K. X. 198. 
lew York to White Mountains and retur 



New York, Lake Erie and TVLstern R iiliotd (urn V\on Spu 
New York Central and Hudson li iii R iilroad 

Steamer 

Grand 1 ] unk I iilwny or Roj il JI id I me fate iuier> 
Grand Trunk U iil« ly or Royal Mail Line Steamers 
Grand Trunk Itiihwj 
Stage 



:] dlRlMror^lwpoll 



lo Que bee 
to Gorhnm 
to Glen HoUM 
to North Conwiy 
to Poston 
to New 1 ork 



EXCURSION K. X. 199. 
New York to White Mountains and reiurn. 



Now York, I iki Fru and Western R iilio iil ( m \von '-prints or Poitagi ; lo Xiagarl I all-. 44! 

Now Yoikdliti dand lind-.on 1 HLi 1 I oLcwialon 7 

Steamer. lo Toronto 36 

Grand Ti unk Ra iway or Rojal Ma 1 1 MIL .Steamers to Montreal 3i3 

Grand Trunk Riilway to Sherbrooke 101 

PassumpMc R .Iroad to Wells River lOj 

Boston, (oueoid and Mont I IR r to Bethlehem .30 

Profile and 1 ranconia Notch R 1. to Profile House 14 

Profile and I ranconia Notch R R to Bethlehem 14 

Boston, Concord and Moniieal R R to Fabyan House 9 

Boston, Coneord and MonticilR r lo Base Mt. Wash'n, G 

Mt, Washington Rail«aj to Summit 3 

Mt. Washington Riili\a> to Base Mt Wash n 3 

Boston, Concord and ilontrcal R R to Fabyan House . 6 

Portland and CdensburgR R lo Crawford House. 

Portland and 0„dcnsburgR R to North (onm) . 27 

Eastern Riilro id toWolfboro S2 

Steameron I lke^\lnnlplsco"cc to W lor's 20 

Boston, Concord and Moiitie d R R lo Concord i4 

Concord R R lo Nashua « 

Boston and Lowell R. R to Boston 40 

Sound Steamers (rm Fall ItiviTor Nowporl) to New York 230 

Rate, .... Si58.30 



WAAL, NOW! 



fil 



LABOR, WEALTH, AND PRIDE. 

S:ii(l Wciillh to Pridi', one pleasant morn. 

While moving outward on the train. 
" I think if you and I were gone, 

The world would strive to move in vain." 

•' Voiii- words, Sir Wealth, are apt and just," 

S;ii(l I'ride; "if we should cease to be, 
rill uiirld would soon consume with rust, 

siiiiT it is moved by you and me." 
Niiw I.Mlior heard these lH)astings vain, 

.\ii(l 1 lying work and care aside, 
.Siiil lie, "We'll see who moves this train;" 

.Sii (Idwn he sat by Wealth and Pride. 

I'.iil I'liili' imt lip her dainty nose, 

,\iiil rciiisiii Wealth looked somewhat black, 
.\ii.l now ;i{;i,MtertnMil.le rose 

The train .stood .still M|M.n tlir Hack. 

•■ Hack to your work," crieil Wealth and I'ride, 

Perceiving, soon, their awkward casi' : 
Wealth twitched his mouth from side to side, 

.\nd I'ride grew paler in the face. 
r.Mt not a word stout Labor said ; 

He sat like one in calm reiKKte, 
1 nlil Wealth like a suitor plead, 

.\nil I'lide let down her haughty nose. 

.\[hl then, with lialf-sareastic mien, 
lie ealnily rose, and took his place: 

The ponderous wheels revolved again — 
The train resumed its wonted place. 

Now let us honor Labor more, 

.\iiil bow less low to Wealth and Pride; 
!"or Life's the, track we're pa.ssing o'er — 

The World's the train on which we ride. 



•W.V.VL, NOW!' 
\ WKLL-KNOWN citizen nf Hartford, 
J\^ Coniieclieut, a lew days aiio, liad taken 
Ills seat in the afternoon train for I'rovidence, 
wlien a small, weazenc<l-f'acod, elderly man, liavint; 
tlie appearance of a well-to-do farmer, came iato 
I lie ear, lookinjr for a saat. The frentleman good- 
naturedly made room for him by his side, and 
I lie old man looked over him from head to foot. 

"Going to I'rovidence?" he said, at length. 

" No, sir," the stranger answered, politely ; " I 
.stop at Andover." 

•■I want to know! I belong out that way 
111 vself Kxpect to .stay long ? " 

■Only over night, sir." 

A short pause. 

•' Did you cal'late to put up at the tavern ? " 

"1^0, sir; I expect to stop with Mr. Skinner." 



■ What, Job Skinner's? — Deacon Job— lives 
ilia little brown house on the old pike? Or, 
mebl)e, it's his brother's ? Was it Tim Skinner's 
— Squire Tim's — where yoti was goin'?" 

" Yes, it was Squire Tim's," said the gentli; 
man, smiling. 

"Dew tell if you are tioiu' there to stop over 
night. .\ny coiiiiectinii of liis'n?' 

•■ No, sir." 

'W.'ll. ni.w, that's eiinis' The ,,|,| man am I 
got into any trooblc, imr imtliin'. lias be? 
lowering liis voice; '-ain't -nin' In serve a writ 
onto him, bo ye? " 

'•Oh, no, mitbiiii.; .4' the kind." 

"Glad on't. .No liariii in askiii'. i s|...m., 1 
reckon Miss Skinner's some connection of yoiirii ? 

"No," said the gentleman. Then, .seeing the 
amu.sed expression on the faces of two or three 
acquaintances in the neighboring seats, be added 
in a confidential tone: "I am going to see S(|iiiie 
Skinner's daughter." 

"Law sakes!'' said the old man. ills face 
quivering with curiosity. '■ 77/'/^'.s- it, is it, I 
want to know? Goin' to .sec Mirandy Skinner, 
be ye? Well, Mirandy's a nice gal — kinder 
humbly, and long favored, but smart to work, 
they say, and I gue.ss you're about the right age 
for her too. Kcp' company together long?" 

" I never .saw her in my life, sir." 

"How you talk. Somebody's gin her a rec- 
ommend, I s'po.se, and you're gin' clear out 
there to take a squint at lur. Waal, 1 must 
say there's ius likely gals in Aiidnver as Mirandy 
Skinner. I've got a family of grown-up darters 
myself. Never was married afore, was ye ? 
Don't see no weed on yur hat.'' 

" I have been married about fifteen years, sir, 

! I have a wife and five children." And then, as 

the long restrained mirth of the listcnci-s of tins 

dialogue burst forth at the old man's opcned- 

I mouthed astoni,sbment. be liastened to explain ; 

"I am a doctor, my good friend, and Squire 

Skinner called at my office this morning, to 

I request my professional .services for his sick 

daughter." 

" Wa'al, now ! ' And the old man here waddi,.! 
1 off into the next car. 



" Yes," said a lawyer wlio wa; 
murderer, " the prisoner at the bar 
alibi. Gentlemen, we .shall prove 
dered man wasn't there ! " 



SUMMER EXCURSION ROUTES.— ADVERTISEMENTS. 



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IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. 




ONE THOUSAND ELECTROTYPES FOR SALE. 

ADDRESS 

SUNSHINE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 

306 and 308 Chestnut Street, 
PHILADELPHIA. 




OVER WATKINS GLKN". 




White Mountains. 



EXCURSION K. X. 201. 
New York io White Mountains and return. 

New York, Lake Erie and Wcslern Ruilniad {via Avon Sprin-s or Portage) to Niagara Falls...... 

N w York Central and Hudson River R. R to Lewiston 

^"■'""■1 to Toronto 

(M-aiiii Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Line Steamers to Montreal 

c rand Trunk Railway to Rouse's Point 

Champlain Division, Del. & Hud. C. <o's Lines to Plattsburgh 

Lake Champlain Steamer to Burlington 

Central Vermont R. R to Montpelier 

Montpelier and Wells River R. R toWellsEiver 

Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R to Fabyan House.... 

Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R to Base Mt. Wash'n. 

Mt. Washington Railway to Summit 

Mt. Washington Railway lo Base Mt. Wash'n 

Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R to Fabyan House 

Portlandand Ogdensburg E. R _ to Crawford House.. 

Portland and Ogdensburg R. R - to North Conway.... 

Eastern Railroad to Boston 

Sound Steamers (njo Fall River or Newport) .' to New York 

Kate, .... $47.75 



EXCURGION K. X. 202. 
I York lo White Mountains and re( 

lad (ilia Avon Springs or Portage) 



MILKS. 



New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad {via Avon Springs or Portage) to Niagara Falls.. 

New Y'ork Central and Hudson River R. R to Lewiston 7 

Steamer to Toronto 36 

Grand Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Line Steamers to Montreal 333 

Grand Trunk Railway to Sherbrooke 101 

Passurapsic Railroad to Wells River lO.'i 

Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R to Bethlehem 30 

Profile and Franconia Notch R. R to Profile House 14 

Profile and Franconia Notch R. R to Bethlehem 14 

Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R to Fabyan House.... 9 

Portlandand Osdensburg R. R to Crawford House.. 5 

Portlandand Ogdensburg B. R to Portland 87 

Boston and Maine R. R., or Eastern R. R ^...to Bost'n *'!," ^.,*.^- jj| 

Sound Steamers {via Fall River or Newport) to New Y'ork 230 

Bate, ... - $41.50 



EXCURSION No. r>0. 
^orJ< to White Mountains and retur 



Old Colony R. R. 
Boston and Maine R R 
Portland and Ogdensburg K 



BiiM,,t,, . I iiireal Riilnnd 

P.nlh , - M_ R R 

PoiH.Mi.i umI .'.. ,1 .^,R R 
Boston, Cenconl ami Montreal R R 
Profile and Franc onii Notch E R 
Profile and Framonii Notch R R 
Boston, Concord and Montreal E E 
Montpelier and Wells River R R 
Central Vermont R R 
Lake Chamjilain Steamers 
Saratoga Div., Del, & Hud C Co'sLmts 
Lake George Steamer 

Sta;;e 

Saratoga Div,, Del A Hud C Co s Lines 
Saratoga Div., Del A Hud C Co's Lines 
New York Central and Hudson RucrR R 
New Y'ork, Lake Eiie and U c-tern Railioad (i 
Bate. 



1 '-prings or Portage) 



to Porll ind 

to (lien St turn 

toGlin House 

to luni Mt V ivh n 

to V. ne m W-i-h n 

to 1 ibyin Hou-,c 

toCrlwford Housi. 

to Fibj m Housi 

toBethkh.m 

toPiofikllousc 

toBi.thlehcni 

to^^elIsRl^er 

to Montpelier 

to Burlington 

to Ft Ticonderngi 

to Baldn in 

to Caidwdl 

to Gil n s I alls 

toSar^to^a 

toAlbinv 

to^laKlraIaIIs 



-=d 



NKVKH SAW ONK Ol' THEM. 



POET-TREE. 
Oak, Caroline! lir yew I pine ; 
O, willow, will jou not be mine ? 
Thy hazel eyes.tliy tulips red. 
Thy ways, all lareh, luive tiirneil niv li 
All linden .slia<ii)ws I>y the pite, 
I eypressou my liearl iin<l wait ; 
Then {juni ! lieecli-ilieiislu d ( aniline ; 
We'll fly lor elius ol' bliss divine. 
O, spruce young man ! I cedar plan 
Catalpa's money, if you can ; 
You sumach itsh, hut not my heart ; 
You're ev.i-recn, ^o now depart ; 
You'd like to poplar that 1 .see 
Birch you walnut proposi' lo me — 
Here's pa! you'll see hemlo( k the gate 
He maple-litely .say " 'tis late." 

IiO<:ust that lovyer, while he flew 
Vw elms before that parent's .shoe; 
He little tliouuht a do- wood bile 
.\nd makebim balsam mu.li that ui^l 



NKYHK .^.\W OM-: OF 'I' 1 1 KM. 
A '1' the Suth'r Imuse. Saeraincnto, a New 
J\. '\'orker newly arrived, was lamenting his 
eomlitiim and his folly of jeavinj;- an abnudance 
at liipiue. and especially two beautiful dau'jbters 
who were just buddinf; into wnm.iuluKMl ; when 
I,,, asked the other if he had a family. ■ Ves, 
^ir: T have a wife and .si.x ehildivn in New V<.rk. 
anil T never saw one of them. " After this rcplx 
tile <-HU|ile sat a few moments in sileiire, ami tluu 
the iiiterroiiator again commenced. Were you 
ever blind, sir ?" ■■ No, sir." '• l)iil you man\ 
a widow, sir'.'" - No, Sir." .\.n..lhcr lajisr nf 
silence. " Did T understand you to say, sir. that 
you had a wife, and six children liviii- in N.'W 
Vork. and had nevr seen one of tlu'tu '.' ■ V.s. 
sir ; I .so stateil il." .\uother and a lou-er jiause 
„f silence. Then the intenop.t,,r a-aiu iu,,uired. 
■■ How can it be. sir. that you ii.'V,t saw one of 
them'.'" -Why. was the re.sp.mse, ■ <mr »/ 
ihrm was born after I left. ' "Oh I ah ! " and a 
-eneral laugh followed. After that the first New 
\'orker was especially distiiiiiuished as •■ the man 
who has six children, and never >aw ,mv ..f 
llieni,' 



W.i\ 



sitting on her trunk, out on the platfnrm. to keep 
it from heing stolen. She jiicks up her reticule, 
fan. imrasol.' luncli basket, small pot with a house 
plant in it. shawl. pa|>er bair "f eandv. bnuouet 



(.she never travels without one), small tumbler 
and e.\tra veil, and chases histerieally after every 
switch-engine that goes by, under the impression 
that it is her train. Her voice trembles a.s she 
presents herself at the restaurant and tries to l)ny 
a ticket, and she knocks with the handle of her 
parasol on the door of the old disused tool-house 
in vam hopes that the baggage man will come 
out and check her trunk. She asks every body 
in the depot and on the platform when her train 
will .start, and where it will stand, and, looking 
straight at th<! great clock, asks; - What time 
is it now'.' " She sees, willi ternir, the baggage 
mail shy her trunk into a ear where two men are 
smoking, in.stcad of locking it up by itself in a 
large strong, brown car with "Bad order, shops," 
ehalked on the side, which she has long ago de- 
teniiiuc'd to be the liagiiage car as the only safe 
one ill siulit. .Utliough the first at the depot, 
she is the; last to uil lier ticket ; and once on the 
ears, she sits, to the end nf her journey, in an 
agony of apprelieiisidn that she has got on the 
wrong train ami will lie landed at some strange 
station, put ill a clii>e cairiage, drugged, and 
iiiiinlereil, and In every la.st male passenger who 
walks dnwii the aisle >hc stands up and presents 
her ticket, wliieli she invariably carries in her 
baud. She finally recognizes her waiting friends 
(111 till' ]ilalforin, leaves the car in abunst of grati- 
tude, and the train is ten miles away before .she 
lemeiiibirs tliat lier reticule, fan, parasol, lunch 
basket, verbena, shawl, candy, tumbler, vi'il. and 
lioii,,uet. are oil tli,' ear seat "wliere she left them. 
,,r at the ilepnt i„ I'eniia. fur the life i if her she 
can't tell wbieli. 

■■.\ MKiiriiii, man," tenderly remarked a 
N'iiitli Street man mie hitter cold January morn- 
ing, •■ is merciful lo his bea.sl. " and he called the 
dog in out of tlu' snow, gave him his breakfast 
in a SOU]! plate, and laid a ]iiece of carpet down 
behind the kitchen stove for him to snooze on. 
Then the mail Willi down tiiwii. and the iieigli 
l>nrs watched his wilb shovel snow-paths to the 
woodshed, cistern, stable, and front gate, and 
then do an liour's work cleaning off the sidewalk. 

I''\i,ni.i.iN'(; DiHECTKiNs. — .V Quaker, in 
bu.sine.ss in I'liiladelphia, disliking the - Ksii." to 
his name, advi.sed a correspondent to direct his 
letters to him without any tail, and received a 
reply superscribed, -Amos Smith, without any 
tail. Philadelphia!" 



•56 White Mountains. 


EXCURSION No. Bl. 






New Vork to White Mountains and return. 


MILES. 1 


Fall River Line Steamers 


/to Newport or 1 


1G2 
68 
138 


Old Colony R. R 


I Fall River.... ; 


Eastern Railroad 


to North Conway... 


Portland and Ogdensburg R. R 


to Crawford House. 


27 
5 


Portland and Ogdensburg R. R 


to Fabyan House.... 


Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R 


to Wells River 


41 


Passuinpsio Railroad 


to White Eiv. June 


40 


Central Vermont E. R 


to South Vernon.... 


74 


Connecticut River R. R 


to Springfield 


SO 


Boston and Albany R. R 






Saratoga Division, Del. & Hud. C. Co's Lines 


to Saratoga 


38 


Saratoga Division, Del. & Hud. C. Co's Lines 


to Schenectady 


21 


New York Central and Hudson River R. R 


to Niagara Falls 


2S9 


New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad {lia Avon Springs or Portagel 




443 


Kate, - . - . S34.10 




EXCURSION No. B2. 






New York to While Mountains and return. 


MILKS. 1 


Fall l;iver Line Steamers 


( to Newport or \ 


102 




1 Fall River j 


Old Colony R. R... 


to Boston 


68 


Boston and Lowell K I! 


to Nashua. . 


40 


Concord R. R 


to Concord 


35 


Boston, Concord and Montre il R R 


to I abyan House 


134 


Boston, Concord and Montreal R K , 


to Bethlehem 


9 


Profile and Franconia Notch R R 


to Profile House 


14 


1 Profile and Franconn Notch R R 


to Bethlehem 


14 


Boston, Concord and Montreal K K 


to Wells River 


30 


Montpelier Wells RuerR R 


to Montpelier 


38 


Central Vermont R R 


to Burlington 


41 


LakeChamplainSLanurs 


to Ft Ticondcroga 


56 


Saratoga Division, Del A Hud t ( o's Lines 


loBald«in 


5 


Lake George Steamer 


to ( -ildwell 


36 


Stage 


to Glen's I alls 


9 


Saratoga Div., Del. and Hud C Co's I ine>, 


tobantoga. 


23 


SaralogaDiT.,Del. andllud C fo's lines 


toAlbmj 


38 


New York Central u.d Hudson River R R 


to Niagara Fills 


806 


New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad (im A\on "piin^s or I'oini,L) 


to New York 


443 


Rate, .... $38.9.1 






EXCURSION No '=^3 






New York to White Mountains and return 








MILES. 1 1 


New York, Lake Erie and -ttesterii Rail.oul (iia A\oii Spring-, or Poit ig> ) 


to Niagara Falls 


443 


New York Central and Hudson Riv.rK R 


to Schenectady 


289 


Saratoga Division, Dil & Hud C Cos Lines (im Saiato,j.O 


to Glen's Falls. 


45 


Stage 


to Caldwell 




Lake George Steamer 


to Baldwin .. 




Saratoga Division, Del A Hud t Co's Lines 


to Ft Ticonderoga 




Lake Chaniplain Stoiiners 


to Burlington 




Central Vermont R U 


to Montpelier 




Montpelier and WelK R R 


to Wells River 




Boston, Concord and MonlK il R R 


to Fabyan House 




Boston, Concord and Montreal R R 


to Base Mt Wash n 




Mt. Washington Riilivaj 


to Summit 




Mt. Washington Riilway 


to B.ase Mt Wash'n 




Boston, Concord and Montre alR R 


toFahjauHouse 




Portland and Ogd( nsburg R R 


toCri«ford Housi 




Portland and Ogdenslnirg R R 


to Fabjan House 


« ! 


Boston, Concord and Montr. Il R R 


to Bethlehem 




Profile and Franconii Notch R R 


to Profile House 


1* 


Profile and Francon 11 Notch It R 


to Bethlehem 




B.iston, Concord and Montr. alR R 


to Concord 


123 


Concord R. R 


to Nashua 


35 


Boston and Lowell R R 


to Boston 


40 


Old Colony R. R... 


(toFiIlRiv.rorl 
t Ne«p.„l j 


68 


Fall River Line Steamers 


toNe«\olk 


IC2 


Rate, .... $44.15 







PvAINKOAD l{KAI)rX( 



THE GLADNESS OF NATURE. 



t;r()HiKl-.s(iuiii(l tiaily chirps by his ik'i 
1(1 the wildinf;-hee hums merrily by. 

ilouils ure at play in the azure space, 
111 t hcii shadows at play on the bright gr 
liiir ihi y strct<th to the Irolio chnse, 
III Ihi 11- they roll on the ea.sy gale. 




Jruni.s. Tlic waiter tulJ him that he did, and 
related the following : '■ It is my father's child, 
and my mother's child, yet it is not my sister or 
brother," telling^him at the .same time that it was 
him.self. The gentleman bore this in mind, and 
at the next gathering lie suddenly burst out with 
'• I've got a conundrum for you." '• rropound 
it then," exclaimed his companions. '• It's my 
fath(n''s child, and my mother's child, yet is not 
my sister or brother," said the gentleman, throw- 
ing; a triumphant glance across the tables. "Then 
i,;f Iw. yourself," said one of the 
ui) I've got you now," said 

\ 1 II ' wrong this lime; it is 
I 1 .V shout of laughter in- 
\ who perceiving the mess 
h id ^ t into acknowledged his 
I m 1 told the company that he 
1 1 i\ f I the wine. That was A's 
I 11 II 

' Ut\ w r very pretty, and there 

w IS apj.artntly five or six years diffor- 

< ncc \n their nges. As the train pulled 

ti] it TJusscj the young girl blu.shed, 

fi itt 111 d her nose nervously against tlie 

^^1I1 1 w md drew back in joyous .smiles 

IS I \oun..; mm came da.shinginto the 

I II shoi k h uids tenderly and cordially, 

c irrying her vali.se, mag:'.- 

piper bundle, and would 

1 il h lii\i carried herself had she 

him. The pa.s.seiigers smiled 

till car, and theinurmurwent 

irh the i-oaeli, ■•Tliey'r,. 

Iin.lhir-ii-l sal luiikiii:.; 



A I'AHTY of -elllleMlel, Wnv XViiMt tiiMU 



e iiiilnii.is. elc. A Mr. A. u.is alwMVs ..nvatlv 

ileliuhleil III lliesr ji.krs, 1ml lii-vrr iviatiMl aiiv 
tiiiii- lilinsrir. aii.l l.iii,,^ rallied ,.ii the matter lie 
delermiiiiil liuit liie next time he was called upon 
he wiiulil say Miimlliiiig amusing. Accordingly. 
iiieeliiii:- mic uf the waiters soon afterward lie 
linked hiiii il' he knew any good jokes or cimiui 



^m 


I 


t\M 


_itli red h.r parcels together 


1 


; 


th 
111 

1 1 


i_h sin would leave 

1 t 1 xpeeting so 

1 lie liiilg 


the car, yet 
ne one. At 
d ill at the 


1 1 Ilk 


.. 1 




.... 1...', liM.ked al, 


ng the seats 


until lli^ 


gaZL 


fell 


on her upturned ex 


lectant face. 


roared. 


" Come ( 


n ! I've been wait 


ing for you 


on the 


jilatfi 


rm 


for fifteen iniiuites 


!'' grabbed 


her has 


ket. 


iiiiil 


strode out of th, 


ear, while 


she i;,ii 


XVeil 




a liltle valise, a 


hand box, a 



Jiaper bag lull of lunch, a bird-cage, a gl;Ls.s jar 
of jell_\, and an extra shawl. And a cTu.sty- 
looking old bachelor, in the farther end of the 
car. (Toaked out, in unison with the indignant 
looks (1' the jiassengers, "They're married!" 



SUMMER EXCURSION ROUTES— ADVERTISEMENTS. 



rf 

T:-^'^" 




MANSION HOUSE, 

MAUCH CHUNK. PENNA. 
JAS. S.WIBIRT. Proprietor. 



ROCKINGHAM HOUSE, 

FRANK W. HILTON, Proprietor. 
PORTSMOUTH, N. H. 

The fittings, appoiutmcnt-s, aud fuisme, of the "Kockhigham" are uiisurpasafd by those of 
New England. 



RAM-HOAD l!K\rilN(rS. 




THE DEDICATION 

A witiind .III illim m l<)|i 
Ou< e met in a ImokM Iki ^ shop 
The toxtoiub c ist » sa^ii likt look 
On many a gilt and letter'd Ixiok, — 
Took up a volume, threw it down, 
Assuming a contemptuous frown. 
The wit, with seeming serious air, 
Urspoke him thus, — "Sir, I declare, 
Here is a book inscribed to you ! " 
•■ Impossible! '' "'Tis very true."' 
Ill- siKitch'd it, with — "Pray let me see 
Mis name, who so much honors me;"' 
And n:ul aloud this dedication,— 



iski; 



■ TKCHING THE BOTTOM.- 

^ I "^ W'O 1 at'tsmon were caught in the late hig blow 
L (Ml the Mi.ssissippi, when so many ratts were 
swamped and so many steamboats lost their sky 
liiiuings. The raft was just emerging from L;ike 
I'lpin as the S(|uall came. In an instant it was 
|iilehing and writhing, as if suddenly dropped 
into t'harvbdis. while the waves broke over it 



\j I itiii^ instant de- 
stiULtion, tin 1 111 linn ilioppid on their knees 
and tommtnud pi ijin.? with a power equal to 
the emergency Happtning to open his eyes, he 
observed his companion, not engaged in prayer, 
but pushing a pole in the water at the side of the 
raft. " What's that yer doin', Mike ? " said he ; 
'• get down on yer knees now, for there isn't a 
minute between us and purgatory." " Be aisy, 
Pat," said the other, as he coolly continued to 
punch with his pole; "what's the use of prayin' 
when a feller can tech bottom with a pole?" 
Mike is a pretty specimen of a large class of 
Cliristians, who prefer to omit prayer as long as 
they can " t<^ch bottom." 



j IIkli'ED. — " I'd like you to help me a little," 
I siiid a vagrant, poking his head into a country 
' store. '• Why don't you help yourself?" asked 
j the proprietor. '• Thank you, I will," said the 
I tramp, picking up a bottle of pickles and two 
loaves of bread, and then vanishing. 



70 



SUMMER EXITKSION KOFTE; 



SONG OP SONGS. 

The leaf tongues of the forest, the llower tips 

the sod, 
The happy birds that liyuiii tluir raiitiire in tl 

ear of God.. 
The Slimmer wind tliat brin]t;<l)i mus'w over lai 

and sea, 
Have each a voice tliat singeth Ihi.s sweet sons; 

songs to me. 
The world is full of lieauty, like other worlds alH>\ 
And if we do otir duty it might be full of love. 

THE ARABS ANSWER. 

A STORY is told by Lamartine, of an An 
' niraed \ahcr who owned a very fl 



the villain put the luir-r tn his utmo.st speed. 

looking back to call out. - [ am Dahor; T have 

your lionse, and I will keep him ! " 
j Naher shtmted to him to stop a nioninit an.l 
I listen; and Daher, sure uf nut beini;- nvcrlakin, 

stopped. 
I "You have taken uiy horse.' said .Naher; 

"since Heaven ha.s permitted it, I still wish you 

well, but I conjure yon never 1.. tell any oni' ln.w 

you obtained him. " 

'•And why?" asked Daher in surprise. 
•■Because many a one whose heart -is pitiful 

would pass by distress, suspicious of deception. 

L(^t th.j shotdd bodup(dasIhn 1 n 11 \ 



and beiutiful hoisc A Bedouin, Ddhei tutd in | would refuse aid u illy n((did, md \\\ 




vain to buy him, and. deteimined mi his j.oss.s- 
sion, disguised himself as a lame beggar, and 
crouched by the roadside where he expected 
Naher to pass. When he saw him approaching, 
mounted on his beautiful steed, he hailed him in 
a weak-voice, and implored his aid, saying he 
had been unable for three days to move from 
that spot, and was faint from hunger and thirst. 

"Get on my horse behind me," said the kind- 
hearted Arab, instantly, "and I will carry you 
where you want to go." 

Daher pretended to try to rise, failing to do so, 
of course ; and Naher, as he expected, dismounted 
and placed the beggar in the saddle. Instantly 



Duller paused, in utter shame. 

Presently he turned, rode back ti 
restored his horse — and thus began 
that lasted for life. 



'• Pull out. Bill! " shrieked an engineer's son 
to one of his playmates, a brakeman's boy, who 
was in immediate danger of getting smashed by 
his mother, ■who was coming after him, " Git on 
the main line and give her steam I Here comes 
the switch engine!" But before the juvenile 
could get in motion, she had him by the ear, and 
he was laid up with a hot box. 



A I'UMf IN TIIK WOODS, 



A\' 



'K'NIC. 

lirk.'d ill 




1 man, cease your jciiiriiriLrs. Call at any offico 
(if tlio Eric Railway, tell the ticket, a-jeiit all 
yniu- wants, and with a guide hdnk in your liand 
In- will inf()nn you of the shortest and most 
liliasant route to vales of indescribable loveliness, 
where in company with a few friends, 
\ I in liavc heaven on earth. Tliere is 
r everything, and our advice to 
!^~~ II '" ' «ity ones is to make this sensmi 
'^ * nt 1 sweet a.lv.-iiturc ii] tlic wm.uIs. 
^ , ^-'- while the streaniKts arc ami llic Ipinls 
lo\i to sing. 

.f the O.vC.rd <'.>llri;vs, 

walk, was som.. years 

a well-known |i(ilitiiian, 

f he was not the elia|ilairi 

w at such a time, naming the 
doctor replied that he was. 

.'atcir observed, " I knew you by 
your limp." "Well," 
said the doctor, " it 

[/^•' seems my limping 
made a deeper impns- 
sioii than my prcacli- 
iii..'." -Ah, doctor," 
was the rc,,ly, with 
ready wit, "it is the 
highest compliment 
we can pay a minister, 
tosay tliat lu' ],■< kimwn 
l)y his walk, rather 
than by his ec nvcr.Ni- 



An artist in New 
Jersey painted a dog 
so naturally, tliat tlie 
animal had the hy- 
drophobia duritig the 
dog days. He painted 
a beer bottle with such 
skill, that the cork 
flew out just as he 
was finishing it. Af- 
ter he married, he 
jiainted a picture of 
his first baby, so life 
like, that It cried, ami 
his wife whipped it 
before she discovered 
her mistake. 



Saratoga — Montreal. 



II. 

Excursions Starting from New York and Terminating at Other Points. 



SARATOGA. 

EXCURSION K. X. 18. 
New York to Saratoga. 

New York, Lake Erie ami Western Railroad (ria .\von Springs or Portage) to Niagara Kails 443 

New York (_entral and Hudson River R. R to Lewistou 7 

Steamer to Toronto 36 

Grand Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Line Steamers to Montreal Si3 

Grand Trunk Railway to Rouse's Point SO 

Chaniplain Division, Del. & Hud. C. Co's Lines to Plattsburgh 23 

Chaniplain Division, Del. & Hud. C. Co's Lines or Lake Champlain Steamer to Ft. Ticonderoga... 68 

Saratoga Division, Del. & Hud. C. Co's Lines to Baldwin 5 

Lake George Steamer to Caldwell 36 

Stage to Glen's Falls 9 

Saratoga Division, Del. & Hud. C. Co's Line> to Saratoga 23 

Kate, . - . - s:n.oo 



EXCURSIOr 



Saratoga. 



ILES. 



New Y'ork, Lake Erie and Westorti Kailroart (via .Vvon Springs or Pdilayi-i to Niagara Fy 

New Y'ork Central and Hudson River R. R to 1-ewiston 7 

Steamer to Toronto 36 

Grand Trunk Railway or Roviil Mail Line Steamers to Montreal 3:13 

GrandTrunk Railway to Rouse's Point 50 

Champlain Division, Del. A 11-. I ■ ' <■'■. Lin,.s to Plattsburgh 23 

Champlain Division, Del. ,ii Mu I i i . \ I.nn^ or Lake Charanl'in Steam<-r to Ft. Ticonderoga... 68 

Saratoga Division, Del. A llu'l. i'. i ,.v Lim s to Saratoga 61 

Bate, . - . . 2,t>s.s.-i 



New York, Lake Erie a 
New Y'ork Central and 

Steamer 

Grand Trunk Railway < 



MONTREAL. 

EXCUR.SION K. X. 6. 
New York to Montreal. 

ll I,; \x M -, in. . 1 ulaM) 



EXCURSION No. B4. 
New York fo Montreal. 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad (liii .\ von .Springs or Portage) to Niagara Falls 443 

New York Central and Hudson River K. R to mica 211 

Utica and Black River R. R. (itn Trenton Falls'! toQayton 108 

Steamer to Alexandria Bay... 12 

Royal Mail Line Steamers to Montreal 165 

Kate, .... S21.00 



EXCURSION No. 83. 
New York to Montreal. 



New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad 
New Y'ork Central and Hudson River K. R 

Rome, Waterlown and Ogdensburg R. R 

Steamer 



> Niagara Falls.. 

> Syratuse 

) Cape Vincent.. 

> Alexandria Ba; 



Royal Mail Line Steamers to Montreal.. 

Kate S31.00 



KAILROAl) HEADINGS. 



HAi'PTNESS. 

'riiiiiiK i.-, a gentler clemeut, iiud man 

May breathe it with a ealm unruffled soul. 

And drink its living watere till the heart 

1 i i)urc— And this is human happiness! 

lis seeri't and its evidence are writ 

hi the broad book of iinture. 'Tis to have 

\ttcntive and believing faculties; 

To j;<> al)niad rejoicing in the joy 

or beautiful and well-created things; 

To love the voice of waters, and the sheen 

Of silver fountains leaping to the sea; 

To thrill with the rich melody of birds 

Living their life of music; to be glad 

iu tlu' gay sunshine, reverent in the storm 

To see a beauty in the stirring leaf 

'nil fniil ealiii thoughts beneath the whi: 




\ r. 



Vi'-ii <^v CONlNPHr^I^ 

K I iiiiM.lium-. -.iKlOlilMiiiii. Ml 

I I Inn. Iiinivit ill <>\cr bo< iil II til 

II. ul II I thu.., iMi_'lit^\ jmff, of 

1 k «ln li li i~ _i\L]i liim Ills It into 

I \ II t II III «liiii I sliip iiia^ lie mkI 

I <iM t.ll— I cm sniiipol 

I mil. It - win II sill w uit^ to h( 

Just missed It ((tioth Old Iltmi 

\ igaiii , who spt.iks hist ■■ I do 

iii-WLicd Ijciikiii , it s whpti she wants 

Notcoriut riplicd Huiiicant , the 



•^iiiKithU When she's <t/itZt/ tuaiiuiii (/wm 
-lid till. Colonel rtir>rdin>r the icfltUioii of his 
tui 111 his hiiot- Kvci^thiii^ but toiuct n 
spondid lIuiiRiiic \\ hen she s sf nil k .ihat k 

li\ I h< i\\ -will MU.'istid Starlight Not as 
\tt Slid lliiiiKiii (oine hurr^ iloii^' 

' \\li, 1, -li ,/ ,/, <,/ a l.isl M,il<„, crud 

'>iiiu-hpii - II 1 iliiii « i-~ I Lit It irrom 
Wlun p. i(( wi- 1 -t , I (til III. in n II 
pilUd vun ^ u Mil I I lin -III Willi, 
shi s mil down ittii i -m i k i \\ li .i -li. - 
after a u.iisort, m mhu ilnn. I ilni - ii In 




8UMMKK KXCl IKSIOX ROrTKS.— ADVERTLSEMEiNTS. 



W^.z.% 




NEXT TIME YOU GO WEST 

TRY 

THE ^ P. M. 

NEW TRAIN 

ON THE 

NEW YORK, LAKE ERIE AND WESTERN RAILWAY. 

(FORMERLY KRIE.) 

It leaves New Vnrk from Cluimbers Street Depot at 6 !'• M-; and from 2:{rtl .Street Depot 
at 5.45 P. M., every day in the week, and is called 

FAST ST. LOUIS EXPRESS, 

iHcaiisi- it i-arrifs ym In (■l.\clan.l, Tcinmid, Ik-tn.il, Tol,-,l,,, Indianapolis, St. Lonis, and points bcyon' 
IIS qiiirkly as any other tram m the United States; and to 

BUFFALO ^^ 31imite.s l^arlier than any Competing Line. 



This Train is . .|.nii|.. ,1 wiili ll, 
of the engineer; ili Millii riitioii 
SLEEPING COACIIIS m il.r «,,, 

No other Railuav l.,lv%,-,^n .\,u V,„k and tin- W.-st has these 
Safety anil Comfort in travt-lini; tluis ullered via ERIE KAILWA V 



s Wrslinnhiinse Air Brakes, under the instantaneous control 
ill IS and I'.iili'its between the cars, and the finest PULLMAN 



ibined appliances, securing Speed, 



JNO. N. ABBOTT, 

0(>u;„l l;,.i.yr„i,er .lf,<„l. XEW 



W ATKINS' GLEN. 






P. tl 


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n 


s (,,.,1 


■^ ,1,1 ,1 iij,ii ,1 

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Ills, 


11 Willi 


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, - i» Oui 


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IIIDUS 



76 Quebec— Portland— Boston. 


QUEBEC. 

EXCURSION K. X. 7. 
I New York »o Quebec. 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Eailroad [via Avon .Springs or Portage) ' 

New York Central and Hudson River II. K 


to Niagara Falls 


443 

7 

36 

333 

172 

MILES. 
443 




toT n t 


r.rinil TnmV Rnilway or T?ov!il Mail T.ino .9f.piimer<; 


.... 


Grand Trunk Riilway or Royal Mail Line Steamers 

Bate S33.00 


to Quebec 

to Niagai-a Falls 


PORTLAND. 

CXCURSION K, X. lO. 
New York lo Portland. 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad {ria Avon Siirings or Portage) 

New York Central and Hudson River R. R 

i^teamer 


to Toronto 


36 

333 

172 

317 


Crand Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Lino Steamers 

Crand Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Line Steamers 

Grand Trunk Railway 


to Montreal 

to Quebec 

to Portland 


Kate $30.00 

EXCURSION K. X. 14. 
New York to Portland 

New Y.,rk, Lake Erii- and Western Kailioid (, ,« \%on '-p""^"- or PortaK( i 


1.. Niagara l•■;.ll^ 




T 


36 

:as 

297 

..'... Vis 

7 

36 




, 




to Portland 


Kiite, .... $27.00 

BOSTON. 

EXCURSION K. X. H. 
New York to Boston. 

New York, Lake Eric andWest.rn Riilro 1 1 ^l „i Avon .Siring- or Portase) 
New York Central and Hudson Rivir R R 


to Niagara Kails 


Steamer 


to Toronto 


Grand Trunk Railwaj or Ho\ il Mill I ine "Steameis 
Grand Trunk Railw ij or Ho\al Mail Line Steamers 
Grand Trunk Railwa\ 




to Quebec 

lo Portland. 


172 

317 

115 

its 






K.ite, .... $31.50 

EXCURSION K. X. iS. 
New York to Boston. 
New York, Lake Erie and TVestern Railroad (rm Avon .Springs or Porta;;.- 


to Niagara Kalis 




to Toronto 


36 


1 Grand Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Line Steamer? 






297 
108 

""4S 
7 ' 
36 
333 

m 

23 

2.'; 

41 
38 
93 
35 
40 






Kate !!|i38.50 

EXCURSION K. X. 188. 
New York to Boston. 

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad (na \\on Springs or Portagi ) 
New York Central and Hudson River R K 

Steamer 

(5 rand Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Line Steamers 


lo Niagara Falls 

to Toronto 

to Montreal 

loRous;-'s Point 

to riatlsbur-;h... 

to Burlington... 

lo Moutpclicr... 

to Wells River... 

to Concord 

to Nashua 

to Boston 


Champlain Division, Del. & Hud. C. Co's Lines 
! Lake Champlain Steamer 




Boston, Concord and Montreal R. R 


Boston I^well and Nashua R R 


Kate, .... «33..-.0 



riTEMrNC VAI.LKY 




X^l \1. W i\ .1 
-^> MiuliiniiiU 
iH i\ to tin s.iutliw ml iiiil 

lu {'llLIllUIlL, \ llll \ !•- I n 

Tin. 1 

inu^t puturOM|iu m 1 itli n 
ti\o spots in soiuli(,iM Niw 
York , It IS sinipK a pinoiain.i 
of unfoldma; lo\lii)e'«.s Don t 
fail to \ isit It if pos.-.ible Tin 
MOW from tlic bridsii is su 
ptrbK beautiful and oiuMie\ cr 
to be torjrottt n 



V8 


Watkin's 


Glen— Erie Switchback. 








• 


III. 










SIDE TRIP, OR EXTENSION EXCURSIONS. 








EXCURSION 


A. 










Elmira 


to Watkins' Glen 


and re 


turn. 

















to Watkins- Glen 

to Elmira 


•22 


Noilhuni frntial K. R 


K:lte, 




;)o cts. 








EXCURSION 


T. 








Lackawaxen io Carbondale 

New York Lake Erie and Westiin Piilif i.l 


a-d -ctu-- (De' 


ard Hud C Go's G 


ravHy R. R.) 

toHonesdale "... 

( to D. and H. C. Co's 


K 
13 

1 
25 


Del. and Hud. C. Co's CraMi) P 
Del.a.idHud.C.Co'sGravityr 
Omnibus 










t D'^POt 


R 








toHonesilale 

( to N. Y., L. E. and ) 


New York, Lake Eric u, \\\et 


rn Railroad.... 
Rate, 


. 




Siai 


to Lackawaxen 






EXCURSION 


>W 








Lackawaxen t 
New York, Lake Erie an.l West. 
Penn Coal Co's (iravity 1; 1! 


Dunmore (3c 


ranton) and return 


(Penna. Coal Co s Gravity R R ) 

t 1 It i»li \ 


33 
16 










to Dunmore 














New York, Lake Erie and Weste 


rn Railroad 










Kate, 




- 


IS'J.l-. 








EXCURSION 


Y. 








Lackawaxen to Scranton and 


return (Del. a 


nd Hud. C. CosG 


avity R 


. R.. and Pen 


na. Coal Co's Gravity R. R 


) 


New York, Lake Erie and Westt 

Omnibus 

Del. and Ilud. C. Co's Gravity R 

Omnibus 

Penn. Div., Del. and Hud. C. Co' 

People's Passenprer Railway 

Penna. Coal Co's Gravity R. R... 
New York, Lake Erie and Weste 


rn Railroad 

1! 

Lines 

■n Railroad .... 
Rate, 


EXCURSION 


Z 


wj.so 


t.Honcsdih 
ItoD All C (OS ) 
I Depot ; 

to ( arbondale 
/toD iH ( Cc's ) 
i Depot > 

toScrinton 

to Dunnmre 

loHtwk\ 

toLickiwisen 


IG 

1 


Lackawaxen to Scranton an 


d return (Penn 


C Cos Gravity R 


R a 


d Del and H 


id C Co s Gravity R R ) 




New York, T..k,- Eli.- anil W.sl. 
Penna. Coal Co's Gravity K. ]!.. 

People's Pa.ssenger Railway 

Penna. Div., Del. and Hud. C. Ct 

Omnibus 

Del. and Hud. C. Co's Gravity R 

Omnibus 

New Yoik, Lake Eric and Westt 


n Kailruad 

's Lines 

U 

rn Railroad.... 
Kate, 








1 IliWl \ 

to Dunmiiic 

to'iciinton 

toCirbondale. 
jtoD tndH GraMU 
( R R Dupot 

toHomsdalt 
llu N 1 L E. mil 
I W J), pot 

to I ickiwaxen 


IG 
IS 
2". 


"NoTK-.Mtlioush Excursion Z is the reverse of the preceding one, it c 
erses only one liiil/ of the round trip loop of each Gravity R. R., while Excur 


vers diirerent ground, as E.KCursion Y trav- 
sion Z traverses the remaining half. 



DIAMOND CTT DTAMOXD. 



I AM COMING. 

1 imi coining I I am coiuiiif;, 

Sings tlic robin on the wing; 
Soon the gates of spring will open; 

Where you loiter I will sing ; 
Turn your thoughts to merriest mus: 

Send it ringing down the vale, 
Where the yellow bird is waiting 

On the old brown meadow-rail ! 
I am coming ! I an\ coming ! 

Sings the summer from afar, 
And her voice is like the shining 

df some silver-mantled star; 
In it breathes the breath of flowers. 

In it hides the dawn of day, 
In it wake the lia|ipy showei-s 

Of the nierrv, merry May 1 



DIAMOND ('IT DIAMOND. 

ANDY C(!MMINS was a '■.nt,. down 
ca.'stcr"— a real liv.' Vankcc, hard to buat. 
lie was once in a country bar-room "down souih," 
wliiri! several gentlemen were assembled, when 
..nc of them said, '• Cunnnins, if you'll p:. out and 

c.mr back 111 l,.|| _v,,M what ils sii,-kii,j; in/ 
•• V.'rcan'tdono.sicb thin;,', responded Cummins. 
'■ 1 II bet ten dollars on it," answered the South- 
crucr. " Wal, I ratber guess I'll take that ere 
brl. Here, caplaiu. ' turning to tlie landlord, 
'■ lioM stakes, Mild III Just make half a .saw-borse 
ill less than no liiiic' Tbo parties deposited an 
.\ apiccr, and ('. departed on bis mission, but in 
a siiorl time ii'lurncd, .saying, " Wal, neighbor, 
wliai's it .sticking in '.' " -In the handle," re- 
plied the Southerner, lioldiiig out bis hand for 
llie stakes. '• Cucss iiol ; jist wait a iiiinit." said 
tie- V;,Mkee. llnMin^ upll.e liaM.lle of bis knife 

be in ,b,. liandl,. when ils drive .-lean up iu an 
oldsluiMpasi,le..rNein,;„l out ibar. Cummins, 



d i; 



Vim should bear constantly in mind that iiinc- 
leiilhs of us are, from tlie very nature and 
iieeessities of the world, born to earn our liveli- 
hood by the sweat of the brow.-' Wbat reason 
have we then to presuiue ibal our ebildreii are 
not to do the same':' If tliey lie. as now and 
then one will be, endowed with extraordinary 
jiowers of uiiud, those powers may have au 



opportunity of developing themselves; and if 
they luver have that opportunity the harm is not 
very great to us or to them. Nor does it hence 
follow that the descendants of laborers are always 
to be laborers. The path upward is steep and 
long to be sure. Industry, care, skill, e.\cellenee 
in the present parent, lay the foundation of a 
ri.so under more favorable circumstances for the 
children. The children of the.se take another 
rise ; and by-and-by the descendants of the present 
laborer become gentlemen. This is the natural 
progress. It is by aftemptiilg to reach the top 
at a single leap that so much misery is produced 
in the world ; and the propensity to make such 
attempt has been cherished and encouraged by 
the strange projects that we have witnessed of 
late years for making the laborers virtuous and 
happy by giving tiiem what is called education. 
The edueatioii wbicli 1 speak of eoii.si.sts in 
bringing up eliildreu t.i labor with steadiness, 
with care, and with skill ; to show them how to 
do as many useful thitigs b;s possible, to teach 
them how to do them in the best manner; to set 
I belli ail example of iiidiislry. .sobriety, cleanli- 
ness, and iiealiiess ; to make all these habitual to 
them, so that tbey shall never be liable to fidl into 
the contrary ; to let them always see a good 
living proceeding from labor, and thus to remove 
from tlieiii t\\r leiiiptafinii lo get at the goods of 
otiieis by violi'iit or tiaiiduleiit means, and to 

hypocrisy and deceit. 

"CoMPLl.MKNTS EXTK.VnltniN AHV -■■Will 

you plea.se to insert this obiiuaiv imiiee, wmii- a 
country editor's corrRspondeiil. 1 make bold to 
a.sk it, becau.se I knew the deceased bad a great 
many friends who would be glad to hear of his 
death.' " This anecdote is eijualed by wbat 

pap.T less Ihai, ten >ea,s a^n, t »,„■ i,„„i,iie.;a 
iintiee app.aivd of 1 l,e ,l,.aib of a clergyman, in 

"biili lii- u I .|iialiliis Were duly narrate'd, and 

bis ^rakoesMs i|,i„l_v veiled. 'I'be editor, in the 
coiii-e III' ilii' day, was startled to lind bis 
saiicliiiii iii\,ided by the supposed defunct minis- 
ter, t >f eniiise regret was expressed, and a 
public eoiiiradieiioii was promised. Next niorn- 
iiig an aiiiiouiicenieiit to the following effect 
appeared ; — •• We regret to state that the report 
we published yesterday of the death of Rev. 
Mr. is not true. ' 



80 SUMMER EXCURSION ROUTES— ADVERTISEMENTS. 



HOFFMAN HOUSE. 

RESTAURANT AND CAFE, 

MADISON SQUARE. 
NEW YORK. 

A favorite family Hotel. Rates as reasonable as any. Rooms 
$1.00 and upwards. 

C. H. READ, Proprietor. 




ITITIIVDSOR HOTEL^ 

HA-WK &. WETHERBEE. Proprietors. 



The HVi'i, ., 




SAM 


JEL H 




-1 Mind contains mori. v,:,i 

111., most fashionable h-m ■ 
■ iiii.l Central Railway m..: 
■ i il-i has elegant apartiniiii^ 
oi.ct,, and are not excelled i.> .,..> 

GARDNER 


WETHERBEE 



'TAYLOR'S." 

St. Denis Hotel and Restaurant. 

Broadway, corner llth Street, 
NEW YORK. 



THK OL]-) AITLL. 




Mauch Chunk Switchback — Geneva — Trenton Falls, etc. 



EXCURSION E. 
Mauch Chunk to Summit Hill and 

Switrh Ba.k l;. v.. (wilh Oiiuiil.us TransfLTI 

Switch Back R. 11. t«ilh OTiinibus TransfL-i) 

Kate, .... 



EXCURSION J. 



Snitch Ba.k R. H.. 



Northern Central R. l;. 
Seneca Lake Steamer. 
Seneca Lake Steamer. 
Northern Central R. R.. 



EXCURSION I. 
Elmira to Geneva (en Oeneca La<e) and retur 



1.. H^tlMll- 

to Watkin-' 



;XCURSION 



Alban 

Saratoga Division, Del. .^ IIii-l. C. < • 
Saratoga Division, Pel. .t 1 i ud. t M . 

Stage 

Lake fJeor;;e Steamer 

Saratoga Division, Del. A Hud. C. i . 
Saratoga Division, Del. & Hud. C. < ' 
Saratoga Division, Del. A Hud. r. Cu 



EXCURSION B. 
Lake Champlain. i in Lake George and retun 



..to Saratoga ss 

.to Glen's Falls 2.'! 

.to Lake Geor;:i- 

lo Baldwin 3G 

to Ft. Ticondero;a... .i 

.to Saratoga 61 

.to Albany 3S 



EXCURSION C. 
Albany to Lake Champlain and return. ri„ Lake Ceo 



Saratoga Division, Del. & Hud. C. Co- 
Saratoga Division, Del. & Hud. C. Co- 
Saratoga Division, Del. & Hud. r. Co - 

LakeGoorge Steamer 

.^stage 

Saratoga Division, Del. A Hud. C. Co's 
Sarato.:a Division, Dsl. & Hud. C. CVs 



..to Saratoga :t8 

..to Ft. TiconderoL'a... 61 

..to Baldwin .5 

., I o Caldwell .36 

..to Glen's Fall 9 

..to Saratoga 23 

..to Albany 38 



EXCURSION X. ye 

Port Kent ta Au Sable Chasm and retur 



EXCURSION X. -41. 
Montreal to Quebec and return. 

Grand Trunk Railway or Royal Mail Line Steamers to Quebec 172 

Grand Trunk Railway „r Rnyal .Mail Line .'^teanvrs lo Montreal 172 

Kate, .... $1.00 



THE PREACHER'S JOKE, 



SUMMER PLEASURES. 



pt lii 



tc. the 1 



l,pt him smell the new-mown hay, 
I.ct him wiitch the streamlets gay — 
See the meads in early morn, 
See the farmer tend his corn — 
Hear the milch-cow's evening low, 
See the sunset's golden glow. 

THE PREACHER'S JOKE. 

WHEN preachers do indulge in jokes they 
generally let off good ones. Here is the 
liist. Away down cast a clergyman was recently 
ihargcd with having violently dragged his wife 
Inmi a revivr.l nu-rting and compelled her to go 
liipiMi' witii him. The clergyman let the story 
I ravel iiii uiilil lie had a fair opportunity to give 
ii a broad.sido. Upon being charged with the 
citfence, ho replied as follows: " In the first place, 
I never attempted to itifliienco my wife in her 
views, nor her choice of a meeting. Secondly, 
iny wife has not attended any of the revival 
meetings in Lowell. In the third place, I have 
not myself attended any of the meetings for any 
purpose whatever. To conclude, neither my 
wife nor myself has any inclination to go to those 
meetings. Finally, I never had a wife." 

DERE'S A HEAP ()' DIFFERENCE. 

" .Sambii, what's your opininn uf tiavcling by 
riiilway and .steamboat"?" 

"Now you're talkin', boss! (Jood gracious! 
1 tole you dere's a heap o' diflFerence. When 
youse on de railroad and an axident happens, 
you're right dar ; but when youse on de steam- 
boat and she busts and blows up, whar are you ? 
dat's the question. I tell you, boss, you're no 
whar! ' 

" liOdK llEliK, I'ete, " said a knowing darkey 
to his companion; " don't Stan' on do railroad." 

'■Why, Joe?" 

"Kase ef de cars see dat mouf ob yourn, dey 
will tink it am de dcpn an' run rite in ! ' 

I'AYING OFF THE LAWYER. 

■ Well, what do you know about a horse — 
yciu a horse doctor ? " said an attorney, who had 
attained a great notoriety for bullying witnesses, 
in his peculiarly contemptuous and overbearing 



manner. " No, I don't pretend to be a horse 
doctor," replied the witnes.s ; " but I know a good 
deal of the nature of the beast." " That means 
to say you know a horse from a jackass when you 
see them ? " continued the lawyer, in the same 
style, looking knowingly, and glancing triumph- 
antly at the spectators, with a telegraphic ex- 
pression, which said, " Now, I've got him on the 
hip." " Oh, ye-as — just so," drawled out the 
intended victim, gazing intently at his legal tor- 
mentor, " I know the difference, and I'd never 
take you for a horse ! " 

A Long Cane. — An American in London 
wa.s boasting of the immensity of that country, 
1 and mentioned, among other wonders, that he 
him.self had seen a cane a mile long! "Pray, 
what kind of a cane wiis it ? " asked the company 
incredulously. "A hurrycane" replied Jonathan, 
at the same time ejecting a very decided streak 
upon the stove. 

DuRIXO a dense fog a Mississippi steamboat 
took landing. A traveller, anxious to go ahead, 
came to the unperturbed manager of the wheel, 
and a.sked why they stopped. " Too much fog. 
Can't see the river." " But you can see the 
stars overhead." " Yes," replied the urbane pilot ; 
" but until the biler busts we ain't going that 
way." The passenger went to bed. 

A PRE.\CHER in one of the fashionable London 
churches is reported to have said, "St. Paul re- 
marks, and I iwrtially agree with him." This 
reminds us of the judge who, in sentencing a 
prisoner to death, observed, " Prisoner at the bar, 
you will soon have to appear before another and 
perhaps a better Judge." 

When the cholera was raging in the south of 
Europe, a native in Hungary heard that in a 
certain village it attacked men only. Hoping to 
escape the disease, he di.sguised himself as a 
female, and went to live in the favored village. 
Soon after his arrival, he was attacked with the 
disorder, and in his agony, exclaimed, "Alas, 
alas, who could have betrayed my sex!" 

" Wuy does lightning so rarely strike twice 
in the same place?" Professor Wortman asked 
the new boy in the class of natural philosophy. 

"Huh," said the boy "it never needs to." 
And it is a little singular that nobody had 
j thought of that reason before. 



Quebec, etc. — Lake Superior Tours. 



EXCURSION X. 67. 

Quebec to Ha Ha Bay and return. 

AIL-E3. 

Grand Trunk Riilway and Steamer to Ha Ha Bi.;- 206 

Grand Trunk Railway and Steamer to Quebec 206 

Kate $8.00 

EXCURSION 2569. 
Toronto to Lake Couchiching and relu.-n. 

Northern Railway of Canada to LakeC'ouchicliing 87 

Northern Railway of Canada to Toronto 87 

Kate, .... OX.ro 



LAKE SUPERIOR TOURS. 

^EXCURSION U. 1. 
Buffalo to Sault Ste. Marie and return. 

Lake Superior Transit Company's Steamers to Sault Ste. Marie, 

Lake Superior Transit Company's Steamers to Buffalo 

Kate, .... $35.00 

-EXCURSION U. 2. 
Buffalo to Marquette and return. 

Lake Superior Transit Company's Steamers to Marquette.. 

Lake Superior Transit Company's Steamers to Bulfalo 

Kate, .... $33.00 

'EXCURSION U. 3. 
Buffalo to Duluth and return. 

Lake Superior Transit Company's Steamers to Duluth 

Lake Superior Transit Company's Steamers to Butfalo 

Kate S50.00 

'EXCURSION U. 4. 

Buffalo to Sault St. Marie and return to Niagara Falls. 
( Via North and t^outli Shores of Lake Superior.) 

Lake Superior Transit Company's Steamers to Sault St. Marie. 

CoUingwood Lake Superior Line Steamers to Collingwood, 

Northern Railway of Canada to Toronto 

Niagara Navi^^ation Co's Steamers to Lewiston 

New York Central and Hudson River Railroad to Niagara Fall 



MILES. 



MILES. 



Kate, 



•EXCURSION U. 



Buffalo to Duluth and return to Niagara Falls. 
{ 17a North and South Shores of Lake Superior.) 

Lake Superior Transit Company's Steamers to Duluth ILIO 

Collingwood Lake Superior Line Steamers , to Collingwood S.'iO 

Northern Railway of Canada to Toronto 94 

Niagara Navigation Co's Steamers to Lewiston 3G 

New York Central and Hudson River Railroad to Niagara Falls 7 

Rate $50.50. 

*NoTE.— The sailing of these steamers are so arranged that those portions of the Lake which are passed iil night on 
the upwaid trips, are passed by daijliglu ou the return trips, thereby atlording a diversity of the most picturesque 
scenery throughout the entire trip. Holders of these tickets arc privileged to slop ofl" at any Lake Superior Port, 
and to resume their journey by another of the Comi)any's steamers, at pleasure. 



STARltrCCA VAL1,KV 
<TARHrCCA VALLEY. i>illais; tl,,. 



85 



siiot wlicrc Natl 



vv.i creek, iVesli and 

HLKK iluMiietlll-es(rllcIi(irlalsortlu'8llS(|lle- """ •''' ".-.^ "■'''" ' "" - • S5 

lu,n,a Vallev Jr „pe„n,. l.e(;„-e hinl a, "'-"'-n ' f?-?^- " ^ 

■ ,as seattere,! luM- feasMves f>- l-P-.n-l ^nn ,les ^ ^^ 

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SUMMER EXCURf5I0\ ROT'TES— APVKRTl!«EMENTS. 




BATES HOUSE, 

RUTLAND, XT. 

J. M. HAVEN, Proprietor. 

BOARD, $2.00 PER DAY. 



CoMMEKCiAl, Travelers iu particular, will lind this House a desirable phue to stop at, as its loialioi 
in the very center of the business of Kutlaud, and has every facility for the coumiercial man, 
including roomy and accessible Sample Kooms. First-class Livery connected with the House. 



f)X TIIK I! AVMOXDSKII.T, 




«« THE RAMAPO VALLEY. 

There are few more romantic loealities tlian that jiart of the Valley of the Raiuapo which 
is traversed by the Erie Railway. Eleven lakes, perched high en the mountains that are a 
distinguishing characteristic of this portion of New York state, send their tumbling outlets 
into the valley and form the stream known as the Ramapo River. There are forty of these 
lakes within a few miles of the spot where the Erie Railway enters the valley. The entrance 
is made at S'lffern, through a great gap in the Hudson Highhxnds, which extend north-east- 
ward, in rugged peaks, some of them 1,800 feet in heiglit. The railroad presents the ever 
varying scenery of the valley to the tourist for a dist.iiice of 16 miles. The river courses 
meadows and ravines, tumbles over mcky b.itttun. himI .-iicmIs out here and tliere into beautiful 
lakes. Fixed ledges of lofty rock, and Imj.' |iil. s (!' (iioiuinus boulders tower above and lie 
along its borders. No region is more intcivsting liistmiLally. Among its attractions is the 
bold mountain peak, near Ramapo Station, known ;s the Torne. Upon the summit of this 
mountain General Washington stood, while the American troops were quartered in the valley 
during the Revolution, and survevcd the movenK-nts of the British fleet in the; New York 
harbor. There are nniiieroiis Innl.lin.js Mill stiiii.liii- tiiat wiv luiilt Inl^re tlie ];.\nlntinn, 

and many relics of fortitic-Lti. HIS ;iii,| cim-ihiii nts, IhIw.vh Sullrni and SlnMislniri;'. Tlic re-inu 

is the very home of health. Its ;iii- is .vspeeiiilly aiitagniiisti.- to brniuliial and lung diseases. It is 
the same air that makes the Cornwall mountains, on the Hudson, the favorite retreat of invalids. 
Good hotels and boarding houses may be found at any of the Erie Railway stations in the valley. 



MINNEWASKA AND AWASTING. 

Among the highest and raggedest jieaks of the Shawaiigiink mountains, in Twister county, 
N. Y., where only a few years since the foot of man had seldom trod, are a number of most 
remarkable and charming lakes. One of these, Lake Mohonk, has been accessible for several 
years, and tourists and permanent summer guests have found an excellent stopping place at the 
large hotel there. It was only a year or two ago, however, tliat a still grander resort was made 
known to the outside world. This is Lake Minrnwaska, ]h n lud on the rocky crest of a 
Shawangunk peak, near "Sam's Point," the gic at inui.il helL:lit that ov. rlu,,ks the entire AVall- 
kill Valley, immediately beneath it, and eominands an uiinlistrueted view of the greater part 
of the Eastern and Middle States. IMiiniewaska has a lovely companion in Lake Awitsting, 
near by, the outlet of which K-ijis over a jireeiiiiee lllO feet in height, forming a cataract of 
beauty and grandeur. Our Artist's pencil describes these rare Ulster county mountain retreats 
in a moie jil.isin- and satisfactory manner than can be done with the pen. They are reached 
by a inn>t riiioyiMc drive, on a way that commands as many wonderful glimpses of scenery as 
any of the lainnns White ^lountaia drives. The railroad station is New Paltz, N. Y., reached 
by" tlie Erie Railway direct. 

A RAILROAD IN THE CLOUDS. 

The most novel and pleasurable summer excursion route in this country is that offered by 
the New Y'ork, Lake Erie and Western Railway over the fiimous " Gravity Roads " of Northern 
Pennsylvania. These Railroads are a series of inclined planes, and reach an altitude of 2,500 
feet above tide.. They traverse a country of rugged mountains and glens; waterlalls, gcirges, 
streams and valleys greet the tourist in magnificent variety. One ofthe.se mivel mads cnnncets 
with the Erie at Hone.sdale, Pa. It is owned by the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, 
and climbs the Moosic mountains to Carbondale by one route, and returns to Honcsdale by 
another — both offering continuous delight to the tourist. The sketch of the '• Shepherd's Crook " 
in another place, which is a view of tins road, will give an idea of the character of the scenery 
along the route. This "crook" is the nin<t alii-n|it curve ever attempted in railmad ImiMiiig 
in this country. The Honesdale Gra\ iiy il-ad is Hi miles in length in one diiv.iimi and 20 
in the other. It was the first raihnad enii>trmied in this country for actual transportatiim 
basiness, having been completed in 1829. The other road of this kind open to Erie tourists 
extends from Hawley, Pa., to Scranton, and is the property of the Pennsylvania Coal Company. 
It offers a round trip of 70 miles. It also climbs the lofty IMoosio range. The scenery is inde- 
scribably grand. The peculiarity of these roads is the absence erf locomotives in running trains, 
hence the entire freedom from cinders, dust and smoke. They are ecjuipped with luxuriant 
coaches of miniature patterns, and with open excursion cars. The trains run up hill and down 
at the rate of 25 miles an hour. At the points where the summits of the mountains are reached 
the view from the cars embraces a panorama extending over thousands of S(|uare miles of the 
most beautiful country. Both roads take the tourist into the heart of the romantic Lacka- 
wanna Coal region. 



SCENE OX THE SCHUYLKILL. 




;| '"^ SUBURBAN HOMES. 

For a distance of 30 miles the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad extends throngrii a 

I country especially aiiapted in every way to the Tvants ol' those wlio, while engaged in business in 

' Ni'W York and neighboring cities, desire to live amid the quietude and healthliil surroundings of 

siilmilian retreats. Within the distance named the road traverses the fairest portions of three historic 

and ]]iituiLS(|ue valleys — the Passaic, the Paramus and the Eamapo. The advantages ottered in 

these lijcalities for rural homes have already been seized by thousands, but there is still room lor 

• thousands more among the tields, hills, streams and lakes of the region. Choice building sites are 

in the market constantly at very reasonable prices and terms: cottages, ready for occupancy, can 

readily be secured by tenants, or purchased at low rates; and parties who prefer to board may be 

accommodated the year around at convenient, pleasant and home-like hotels or private residences. 

t No other road running out of New York oilers so many attractions to seekers after suburban homes 

;»s the Erie. The stations included in this near-by territory are as follows, with their distances 

from Jersey City : 

Rutherford Park, 9 miles; Passaic, 12 miles; Clifton, 14 miles; Lake View, 15 miles; Paterson, 
17 miles- Hawthorne, 19 miles; Ridgewood, 22 miles; Hohokus, 24 miles; Allendale, 26 miles; 
Ramsey's, 28 miles; Mahwah, 30 miles; Suti'ern, 32 jiiles. 

There are the best of schools and churches of all denominations in these places, and vital 
statistics show the entire region to be one of extraordinary healthfuluess. 



MOUNTAIN RESORTS. 

The New York, Lake Eric and Westtiu Railroad is peculiarly favored by the country through 
which it passes in the matter of those resorts which are always most in demand during the summer 
months — resorts among the mountains. The Hudson River Highlands, the Schunemunk, the Com- 
fort Hills, the Shawangunks, and the lofty Catskill, spurs of the Delaware valley, are all made easy 
1 and quick of access by this road, lite Hiyhlands, which are encountered at Suft'ern, 32 miles from 
New York, are followed for 19 miles by the Newburgh Short Cut branch of the Erie, which joins 
' the main line at Turners. Central Vulley, Highland Mills, Woodhunj, Jiiountainville, Cornwall, New 
Windsor and Kewhuryh are among the resorts visited every year by thousands. They are from 1,500 
to 2,000 feet above tide. Forty crystal lakes, on the borders of many of which stand magnificent 
liotels and cottages, are perched among the ancient crags, on the summits of which these resorts are 
located. They are stocked with the gamest of fish, and amply supplied with row and sail boats. 
These Highland retreats are annually sought by suflerers from pulmonary complaints, who find great 
] relief in the pure air of the mountains, many invalids have been completely restored to health by 
a few seasons spent in among the Highlands. The late N. P. Willis, the poet, was the first to dis- 
co\er the remarkable curative properties of the mountain air of the Highlands, he being himself 
(■(inipletely restored to health from an advanced stage of consumption. The historic attractions of 
the Highlands, especially those of Newburgh and New Windsor, are familiar throughout the country. 
Tile full biauty of the Highlands can only be enjoyed by a ride over the Erie branch that follows 
tlicir rugged sides and penetrates their storied valleys. 

The Schunemunk Mountains are a spur of the Highlands, and are the Northern boundary of 
the Ramapo Valley. Turner's .Station, with its pleasant surroundings, and il/on»oe, 48 miles from 
New York, are stations on the Erie from which the many hotels and boarding houses, high on the 
I range of hills, are reached. 

i The Shawangunk Mountains cross the state of New York in a north-eastward direction, 

through the counties of Orange, Sullivan and Ulster. They are a continuation of the Blue Monn- 
; tains of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In Northern Ulster they become the famous Catskills. 
I The main line of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad begins the ascent of the Shaw an- 
[1 gunks 65 miles from New York, and cro.sses them at Otisville, at an elevation of 1,500 feet above 
1 tide. The Montgomery branch of the Erie, from Goshen; reaches the base of the Shawangunks in 
Ulster county, at New Paltz, 88 miles from New York. In this latter vicinity are .some of the 
highest peaks of the range, Paltz Point, Sky-top, Eagle's Clifi", and others, nearly 3,000 feet high. 
The re-sorts among these lofty hills are reached from New Palz Station. Princijial among them are 
Lake Mohonk and Lake Minnewaska. {See Lakeside Jiesorls.) Easy conveyamres run to the sum- 
mit of the mountains. The road up the mountain commands such sublime views that the steepness 



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of the way is rather a zest than an annoyance. The crags are rugged and the lionie.s of peqjetnal 
breeze. From their lofty tops an expanse of counlry enibraeiug the W'allkill, Konilout and Shaw- 
angunk Valleys, the farthest Cat.skills, the broad Iliidsoii, the great mountain-ranges of tlie Eii-stern 
States, and the di-stant Alleghanies, is hrouglit beneath tlie eye. Near Lake MinuewjLski is Sams 
Point, 2,700 feet in lieiglit, and the al)riipt terminus of a spur of the range. Its tiu-e is a perjjeu- 
dicular blulT of white roek, visible from the main line of the Erie at Otis\ ille, :J0 wiles distant. 

In the Shawangunks, reiiehed by the main line, is Gui/manl, in a most j)ictiiresque spot, and 
with the attractions of lake and streanr, ius well as mountain. Guymard Mineral Si)ring is a great 
attraction for invalids at this station. There are grand mountain drives about Guymard and a large 
modern hotel to accommodate guests. The place is HO miles from New York. 

From Port Jervis— itself surrounded by high, breezy summits, — several noted siiiumering 
places among the mountains are reached. By a drive down the Delaware Valley.— a <lrive, by the 
way, over a natural boulevard, as smooth as a floor, and thirty miles in length,— Milford, "the gem 
of the Delaware," Cone-shaugh Springs, Diugman's and Bushkill are readied. These are truly 
mountain retreats, for turn which way the visitor may, lofty, rugged, wooded hills ri.se before him, 
and the breezes that carry health and comfort to him on their wings, he feels could be born only 
amid the "eternal hills." These places are all noted for the excellence of their hotel and boarding- 
house iiccomraodations. The drives are unsur))a.ssed anywhere. Within a radius of twenty n.ile; 
there are no less thau Jire liundred water-falls, some of tlum exceeding any in the Catskills or White 
Mountains in height and grandeur. Among these may be mentioned those of the Saukill and the 
Raymomlskill Creeks, near Milford; the Dingman Brook and Adams Brook Cataracts, near Ding- 
man's, and the wonderful Falls of the Big and Little Bu.shkill, near Bushkill. These cataracts are 
from 50 to VZO feet in height, and the centres of the wildest, weirdest surroundings. These resorts 
of the lower Delaware have been aptly termed " The Homes of the Cataract." Port Jervis is 88 
miles from New York. Milford is 7 miles from Port Jervis; Coneshaugh Spring, 11; Dingman's, 15; 
Bushkill, 28. 

The I'ort Jervis and Monticello Railroad connects the Erie with the favorite re-sorts of the 
Sullivan county mountains. Monticello, 24 miles from Port Jervis, is 1,600 feet above tide. It is 
one of the most charming villages in the State, and at least 500 city people seek its attractions 
every year. Sheriflf Morris' JIansion House is oue of these. Pleasant Lake, a grand sheet of water, 
is near the village. Nine miles from Monticello, at the same height above tide, is the well-known 
resort, White Lake, with Mount Wilder, Mount Sherwood, and a host of less prominent peaks 
surrounding it, and the blue line of the CatskiU range tilling the distance. Both Monticello and 
White Lake atmosphere, is a relentless foe to asthma and kindred diseases. (See Lake-side liemrts.) 

Shohola, with its wonderful streams and glen; Lackawaxeii, girded about by hills, and mirrored 
in the broad Delaware; A'armwubdrg, with its picturesque old bridge and unfathomable eddy in the 
river; Cochecton, Callitoon, Hatuovk and Deposit; all crowded by the high mountains of the U))per 
Delaware Valley, ofl'iT rare attractions to the lover of the wild and rugged in nature, and of true 
life among the mountains. Shohola is 107 miles^ from New Y'ork ; Lackiwvaxen, 1 10 miles ; Narrow s- 
burg, 122; Cochecton, 131 miles; Callicoon, 136 miles; Hancock, 104; Deposit, 178. The Ghn on 
the Shohola Creek, at Shohola, is a remarkable collection of natural curiosities, discovered in l>7(i. 
Cochecton and vicinity oiler a grand field for the antiquarian, as near it was made one of the lirst 
white settlements in Pennsylvania, and it became the .scene of many of the most bloody and 
dramatic episodes of the early days. At Luclcawaxen the Honesdale Branch of the Erie connects 
with the main line. Honesdale, the western terminus of the Branch, is one of the most interesting 
and attractive points on the entire road. It is the starting point of one of the celebrated " Railroads 
in the Clouds," over which tourists are whirled without any vi.sible motive power, o\er mouulain.s 
2,.5()0 feet high. From Hawley, ou the Honesdale Branch, another of these wonderful railroa<ls 
stjvrts. Both roads penetrate the upper coal regions, and oiler the most novel and enjoyable tour in 
this country. {t!ee"Iiailroadimj in tlie Clomh.^') Wallenpaupaek' Falls, at Hawley, are a famous 
attraction to visitors. From Shohola, by stage, several resorts in tlie western Sullivan County moun- 
tains are reached, Highland Lake being the most po])ular. It is seven miles from the Erie Railroad 
Station. 



RESORTS FOR THE SPORTSMAN. 

No raili-oad in this country extends through a country .so pre-eminently ada])ted to the 
of the sportsman as the New Y'ork, Lake Erie and Western. Almost every station is the eer 



92 SUMMER EXCURSION ROUTES.— ADVERTISEMENTS. 



SCENE OX THE ERIE RAILWAY. 








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some attraction for the hunter or the angler. The lover of tronting, bass fishing and pickerel fishing, 
will find ample fields for the gratification of his passion among the creeks, lakes and ri\ers during 
the spring and summer; while the later season opens unrivalled haunts for the hunter, with his 
fovi'ling-piete or rifle, his setter or deer-hound. 



TROUT STREAMS. 

The many streams of Sullivan and Delaware Counties, N. Y., and those of Pike County, Pa., are 
the most convenient, and give tlie best returns to the angler from the cities. The streams of Susque- 
hanna County, Pa., Bradford County, Pa., Potter County, Pa., Livingston County, N. Y., Steuben 
County, N. Y., and other border counties, are reached, also, from many stations along the line of the 
road. The Sullivan County streams are accessible from Middlctown, Port Jervis, Shohola, Cochecton, 
Callicoon, Hancock and intermediate stations. From Middleiown, the New York Midland Railroad 
enters Sullivan County. The principal streams are the Neversiuk and its branches, and these about 
Fallsburgh, Liberty and Morsston, on that road. Finm Port Jervis, the BushkiU, the Shinglekill 
and Jlongaup Creeks are reached by Monticello Railroad or wagon. Across the Delaware from Shohola 
are Half-way Brook and Beaver Brook, lavorite trout watere. From Coehedon, Lake Huntington, 
one of the few lakes in the state that still abound in trout, is reached. It is four miles from the 
station. Near Callicoon are the numerous branches of the Callicoon Creek, noted haunts of the trout. 
The head- waters of the Beaverkill are easy of access from Callicoon. Basket Brook, Hawkins Creek, 
near the stations of the same name, are still favorite resorts of the angler. About Hancock there are 
many trout streams, among them Cadosia, Sands, Shehawken, Trout, Tyler and Reed's Creeks. The 
Beaverkill, Willowemoc and other famous Creeks in the Sullivan and Delaware County wilderness 
can also be reached easily from Hancock. At all of these places guides, flies, bait, and all kinds of 
tackle may be readily obtained. 

The Creeks of Pike County are near Port Jervis, Shohola, Lackawaxen and Millville stations. 
From Port Jervis, the Milford, Diugman's and Bushkill Brooks are reached. Within four miles of 
Milford are the Vandermark, the Sawkill, the Raymondskill, the Capow, and the Concshaugh, with 
their branches. The Sawkill and Vandermark flow through the village. It is estimated that 50,000 
trout are taken from the Sawkill every year. The streams about Milford are all protected, and 
anglers are expected to obtain permission of the property owners along them before going upon the 
creeks. At Dingman's are the Adams, the Dingman and the Decker Creeks. The Adams is noted 
for the large size of its trout and its superb scenery. These streams are from one to five miles 
distant from the village. Near Bushkill are the Saw, Tom's, and the Little and Big Bushkill Creeks. 
The visiting angler will find at Milford, Dingman's and Bushkill expert local fishermen to conduct 
him to and along any of the streams. At Shohola are the Shohola and Panther Brooks, and near by 
Taylor's Creek. Near Lackaiva.ven are Lord's Brook, the Shohola, and Taylor's Brook. The streams 
of Blooming Grove, and the brooks of the Pike county interior wilderness, are accessible. At 31111- 
rillc, on the Honesdale Branch, the Bfooming Grove Creek enters the Lackawaxen River. Millville 
is the Blooming Grove Park station. Conveyances run from the EaUroad to the Park, seven miles 
distant, where there are several trout streams. 

Conveyances to all of the streams mentioned above can be obtained at the villages near them. 



BLACK BASS, PICKEREL. &c. 

In the following lakes and streams along the Erie, the best of black bass and pickerel fishing 
may be enjoyed. Every accommodation in the way of boats and tackle is to be had at the fishing 
grounds. 

Greenwood Lake, on the Greenwood Lake Branch, all the lakes in the Highlands of the Hudson, 
reached by Newburgh Short Cut from Turner's Station (47 miles from New York), and by easy 
conveyance from that station. The Walkill Siver, at any of the stations along the Montgomery and 
Pine Island Branches, which join tlie main line at Goshen ((iO miles from New York), lake 
Mohonk and Minncwaska in the Shawangunk, reached from New Paltz, on the Jlontgomery Branch. 
The Delaware Hirer at Port Jervis, Milford, Dingrhan's, Shohola, Lackawax<-n, and all the stations 
along the Delaware Division. The lakes in the ricinily of Jlonesdule and Ilawletj, on the Honesdale 
Branch, in "Wayne and Pike Counties, Pa. Blooming Grore Park Lake, from Millville, on the Hones- 
dale Branch. Pleasant Lake, near Monticello; reached from Port Jervis. niiite Lake, Sullivan 
County, N. Y. ; reached from Port Jervis. 



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Besides black bass and pickerel, lake trout, muscalonge, salnwn, trout and all varieties of hass, 
abound in the following lakes : 

Seneca and Keuka Lakes; readied from Elmira, and from Bath, via Hammondsport. Conesus 
and Hemlock, Honeoye and Canadice Lakes; reached from Livonia, on the Rochester Division. Siher 
Lake; reached from Gainesville, on the Buffalo Division. Chautauqua Lake; reached from Sala- 
manca, on the Western Division. 

DEER, PARTRIDGE, WOODCOCK, &c. 

The forests of Ulster, Sullivan, Pike and Wayne Counties still offer rare sport to the deer 
hunter. They may be reached from Middletown, Port Jervis, Monticello, Milford, Shohola, Lacka- 
waxen, Millville, Havrley, Honesdale, Narrowsburg, Callicoon and Hancock. Partridge, woodcock, 
rabbit, hare and other small game also abounds in those regions. Woodcock, quail, partridge and 
rabbit shooting is excellent about Goshen, stations on the Pine Lsland Branch, Warvcick and sur- 
rounding country. Warwick Woodlands are reached by the Warwick Branch, from Greycourt 
(54 miles from Xcw Yor!;'. 



LAKE SIDE RESORTS. 



Lake Resorts are especially numerous and attractive on tne line of the New York, Lake Erie 
and Western Railway, both near the cities and at a distance. Greenwood Lake, the largest sheet of 
inland water in New York, south of the Central lakes, is only 54 miles from New York city; it is 
9 miles long and 2 wide, and is shut in by lofty, wooded, picturesque mountains. The Brandon 
House, the Windermere House, the Throckmaton House, and others, on the shores of the lake, 
have become famous resorts. A steamboat plies o:i the lake. 

Summit Lake, near Central Valley (48 miles froTa N. Y.), Highland Lake (50 miles from N. Y.), 
near Highland Mills, both in the Newburgh Short Cut, are favorite resorts, with fine hotel accom- 
modations. Tliey are in tlie highlands, 1800 feet above the sea. (See Mountain Mesorts.) 

Lake Mohonk, near New Paltz, on the Montgomery Branch (88 miles from N. Y.) Lake 
Mohonk is about half a mile long, very deep, and surrounded by precipitous shores and dense 
forest. There are mountains all about it. Deep caverns abound in tlie rocks, containing subter- 
ranean streams and heaps of ice, whose existence is perpetual in these rocky confines. Best of 
hotel accomiuodations. 

Lake Minnewaska, near Lake Mohonk. In the iiic;st rnituintic ]>ortions of the Shawangunk. 
Near LmUc Awasting, Awasting Falls, and the celelnatcd ice ca\cs of Ulster County. [See Mountain 
lUsoris.) 

While Lake; largest body of water in southern New York, excejit Greenwood; reached from 
Port .lervis, via Port Jervis and Monticello Brunch and stage iVoni Monticello. Seven large hotels 
and cottages. Favorite resort Ibr invalids. (^SVe Mimntnin EcKorts.) 

I'he Central Kew York Lakes — Seneca Cayuga, Kiuka, Caiuuidaigua, and Otsego; the wonders 
of the Empire state. 

The Lakes of Western New York — Chautauqua, Silver, llcincdye, Canadice, Conesus, and Hem- 
lock. These lakes, although of great size, are still mostly surrounded by primitive mountarn 
scenery. Chautauqua — "the gem of western New York"— is now one of the most fashionable and 
popular resorts in the country. All of these lakes are visited annually by thousands. 




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PHILADELPHIA & READING 

EAITLROAD. 

NEW YORK BRANCH. 

BOUKD BROOK ROUTE 

THE FAVORITE AND POPULAR ROUTE BETWEEN THE TWO GREAT CITIES, 

PHILADELPHIA I NEW YORK. 

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MAKING CONNKCTIOXS BY KAIL AM) SOlXD LINES TO AND FliO.M 

Philadelphia and Boston, Newport, Saratoga Springs, the Adirondacks, Montreal, Portland, 

Halifax, White Mountains, Richardson (Eangeleyi Lakes, Mt. Kineo, Moosehead Lake, 

Mt. Desert, Au Sable Chasm, Thousand Islands, the St. Lawrence, Lake Oham- 

plain. Lake George, and all the Prominent Summer Resorts in 

New England and Canada, and 

To Lofli Braicli, Ocean Grove, Ocean Beacli, Spriiii Late, M Sea Girt 

:»;^&s^ Thiou-h Wostcni Fir.st Cla.-i.s Local Trip, and Exclusion or CcJiiibiiiatioii ,-, -- 

ffllgr SUMMEll EXCURSION TICKETS for Safe at Ticket Offices, _ J^M 

434, 624, 83G, and 838 Chestnut Street, •ssfe!*^^ 

PRINCIPAL DEPOT, NINTH AND GREEN STREETS. 

CONNECTION MADE AT JENKINTOWN BY TRAINS TO AND FROM 

THIRD AND BERKS STREETS DEPOT. 

BACCACE COLLECTED, DELIVERED, AND CHECKED TO DESTINATION. 

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